Faculty of Science and Technology

Department of Technical Sciences

Course Syllabus
Course Name: Data Mining And Warehousing
Semester: 3rd Year 2nd Semester
Prerequisite: None
Course Code: Comp
Class Start Date: March 24, 2024
Course Instructor: Mohamed Foday Kamara
Phone : +23277281680
Mail: mfkamara@central.edu.sl
Office Hours: Student consultation by appointment

Course Description
This course will introduce the concepts of data ware house and data mining, which gives a complete
description about the principles, used, architectures, applications, design and implementation of data
mining and data ware housing concepts.

Course Objectives
 To understand the principles of Data warehousing and Data Mining.
 To be familiar with the Data warehouse architecture and its Implementation.
 To know the Architecture of a Data Mining system.
 To understand the various Data preprocessing Methods.
 To perform classification and prediction of data.

Recommended Book (s) & Text:

1. Data mining and warehousing by Pang-Ning Tan, Michael Steinbach, and Vipin Kumar

Other Readings :
2. Jiawei Han, Micheline Kamber and Jian Pei“Data Mining Concepts and Techniques”, Third Edition,
Elsevier, 2011.

Course Grading
This course will be graded on a scale from 0-100. Students grades reflect the following breakdown

Item Percent
Assignment 1 10%
Assignment 2 10%
Mid Semester Test 20%
Final Examination 60%
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Preliminary Schedule of Topics, Readings, and Assignments

Date Topics/ Activity/ Assigned Readings/Assignments Major

Assignments and
Deadlines
Week Data Mining Overview:
1&2
 Data Mining Functionalities
 Data Preprocessing
 Data Cleaning
 Data Integration and Transformation
 Data Reduction
 Data Discretization

Activity: Group formation.

Reading: Data mining and warehousing by Pang-Ning Tan,
Michael Steinbach, and Vipin Kumar

Week 3 Concept Hierarchy Generation:

 Architecture of a Typical Data Mining Systems

 Classification of Data Mining Systems

Activity: Group formation.

Reading: Data mining and warehousing by Pang-Ning Tan, Michael
Steinbach, and Vipin Kumar

Week 4 Association Rule Mining:

 Efficient and Scalable Frequent Item set

 Mining Methods
 Mining Various Kinds of Association Rules
 Association Mining to Correlation Analysis
 Constraint-Based Association Mining.

Activity: Group Activity

Reading: Data mining and warehousing by Pang-Ning Tan, Michael
Steinbach, and Vipin Kumar

Week 5 Classification and Prediction:

 Issues Regarding Classification and Prediction

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  Classification by Decision Tree Introduction
 Bayesian Classification
 Rule Based Classification
Activity: Group Activity

Reading: Data mining and warehousing by Pang-Ning Tan, Michael

Steinbach, and Vipin Kumar

Week 6 Cluster Analysis:

 Types of Data in Cluster Analysis

 A Categorization of Major Clustering Methods
 Partitioning Methods
 Hierarchical methods
 Density-Based Methods
 Grid-Based Methods
Activity: Assignment Assignment 1
Reading: Data mining and warehousing by Pang-Ning Tan, Michael
Steinbach, and Vipin Kumar

Week 7 Cluster Analysis Cont…:

 Model-Based Clustering Methods

 Clustering High-Dimensional Data
 Constraint-Based Cluster Analysis
 Outlier Analysis.
Activity: Group discussion
Reading: Data mining and warehousing by Pang-Ning Tan, Michael
Steinbach, and Vipin Kumar
Week 8 Mining Object, Spatial, Multimedia, Text and Web Data:

 Multidimensional Analysis and Descriptive Mining of

Complex Data Objects
 Spatial Data Mining
 Multimedia Data Mining
 Text Mining
 Mining the World Wide Web.

Activity: Group Activity

Reading: Data mining and warehousing by Pang-Ning Tan, Michael
Steinbach, and Vipin Kumar

Week 9 Data Warehousing:

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  Data warehousing Components
 Building a Data warehouse
 Data Warehouse Architecture
TEST
Activity: Mid-Semester Test
Reading: Data mining and warehousing by Pang-Ning Tan, Michael
Steinbach, and Vipin Kumar

Week 10 Data Warehousing Cont...:

 DBMS Schemas for Decision Support

 Data Extraction, Cleanup, and Transformation Tools
 Metadata Assignment 2
 Reporting

Activity: Assignment
Reading: Data mining and warehousing by Pang-Ning Tan, Michael
Steinbach, and Vipin Kumar

Week Data Warehousing Cont...:

11&12
 Query tools and Applications
 Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
 OLAP and Multidimensional Data Analysis.

Activity: Assignment
Reading: Data mining and warehousing by Pang-Ning Tan, Michael
Steinbach, and Vipin Kumar
Week 13 RECESS (STUDY WEEK)

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 Course Policies
Lab Participation Policy:

To successfully pass this course, students are required to actively participate in a minimum of 45% of
the labs. This means that you must complete and submit at least 45% of the lab assessments to meet the
course requirements.

Failure to meet this requirement may result in not passing the entire course, even if you perform well in
Final Examination. It is essential to engage with and complete the lab assignments as they are a
fundamental component of your learning experience.

Please make sure to keep track of your lab participation and ensure that you meet this requirement to
successfully pass the course. If you have concerns or face challenges related to this policy, please reach
out to the instructor for guidance and support.

This policy ensures that students actively engage with the lab assignments, which are typically a
significant part of many technical and scientific courses, and contributes to their overall success in the
course.

Attendance and Exam Policy: Attendance in this course is mandatory. If a student misses class more
than three times without valid and documented reasons (such as illness or family emergency), they will
not be allowed to take the exams. This policy is in place to encourage regular class attendance, as it is
essential for your success in this course.

Please review the Students Hand Book for specific details regarding attendance and exam policies. It's
important to review these policies thoroughly to understand all requirements and expectations.

Late Assignments: Assignments submitted after the specified due date will be subject to a penalty of
10% deduction for each day the assignment is late. However, in cases of documented illness or
emergencies, exceptions may be granted at the instructor's discretion.

Make-Up Exams: Make-up exams will be considered only for documented medical reasons or
university-approved excuses. Please contact the instructor as soon as possible if you anticipate missing
an exam and provide the necessary evidence.

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