DATA 502Machine Learning & Data Mining

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The challenge in analytics is to distill large amounts of data into useful information that has relevance for managerial decisions. Machine learning and data mining techniques provide solutions to this big data challenge. To illustrate, some recent applications of machine learning and data mining include (i) models to predict consumer preferences, (ii) models to detect fraudulent credit card transactions, and (iii) prediction of diseases in the medical diagnosis field. Students will learn how to apply these methods to solve real world problems. credits: 3