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 Data Acquisition

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What is Data Acquisition?
As the term clearly mentions, this stage is about acquiring data for the
project. Let us first understand what is data. Data can be a piece of
information or facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.
Whenever we want an AI project to be able to predict an output, we need to
train it first using data.

For example, If you want to make an Artificially Intelligent system which can
predict the salary of any employee based on his previous salaries, you would
feed the data of his previous salaries into the machine. This is the data with
which the machine can be trained. Now, once it is ready, it will predict his
next salary efficiently. The previous salary data here is known as Training
Data while the next salary prediction data set is known as the Testing Data.

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Data Features
Data features refer to the type of data you want to collect. In our previous
example, data features would be salary amount, increment percentage,
increment period, bonus, etc.
[Problem Statement]

Data Data Data Data Data

Feature Feature Feature Feature Feature

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Acquiring Data from reliable sources
Say: “After finding out the Data Features, we now need to acquire the same. There exists various
sources from which the data can be acquired. Do all the sources have authentic data? What if we do
not get appropriate data? Data plays an important part of the AI project as it creates the base on which
the AI project is built. Therefore, the data acquired should be authentic, reliable and correct. Also, the
acquisition methods shall be authentic so that our project does not create any sort of conflicts with
anyone.”
There can be various ways in which you can collect data. Some of them are:

     
Surveys Web Scraping Sensors

GIGO API(Application
   
Cameras Observations Program
Interface)

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System Maps
System Maps help us to find relationships between different elements of the problem which we
have scoped. It helps us in strategizing the solution for achieving the goal of our project. Here is an
example of a System very familiar to you – Water Cycle. The major elements of this system are
mentioned here. Take a look at these elements and try to understand the System Map for this
system. Also take a look at the relations between all the elements. After this, make your own system
map for the data features which you have listed. You can also use the online animated tool for
creating your System Maps.”

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System Maps (The Water Cycle)
The concept of Water cycle is very simple to understand and is known to all. It explains how water
completes its cycle transforming from one form to another. It also adds other elements which affect
the water cycle in some way.

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System Maps (The Water Cycle)

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