Course: Data mining

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Course title Data mining
Course code KGI/DATAM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Dobešová Zdena, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Definition of problems of multivariate data analysis 2. Input data, data types, coarse filtration, missing data, dichotomization, categorization 3. Principal component analysis, correspondence analysis 4. Detection of similarities and dissimilarities of objects - coefficients of association and metrics 5. Classification methods, hierarchical clustering 6. Partial clustering 7. Classification decision trees, random forest 8. Association rules 9. Frequent itemsets, spatial association rules 10. Bioinspired algorithms, artificial neural networks, SOM, the complexity of algorithms 11. Time series processing - decomposition 12. Time series processing - forecasting

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration
  • Attendace - 78 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 78 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course provides basic information in the areas of data preparation, data mining, data analysis and interpretation of results. The presented theoretical knowledge and procedures will be the basis for independent experiments of students with knowledge discovery in databases.
Apply the knowledge for solution of the complex analytical problem, elaboration of the problem according to the chosen and/or given topic.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of statistical methods and work with data.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Seminar Work, Written exam

Theoretical and practical knowledge of presented topics.
Recommended literature
  • ČSÚ. (2020). Česko v číslech. Praha.
  • Dobesova, Z. (2019). Discovering association rules of information dissemination about Geoinformatics university study.
  • Dobesova Z. (2020). PD-28 Visual Programming for GIS Applications, Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge BoK. New York.
  • Dobešová, Z. Orange: Praktický návod do cvičení předmětu Data Mining. Olomouc. 2022.
  • Hančlová, J., Tvrdý, L. (2003). Úvod do analýzy časových řad. Ekonomická fakulta VŠB.
  • Křivý I. (2012). Analýza časových řad. Ostrava.
  • Litschmannová M. (2010). Úvod do analýzy časových řad. VŠB.
  • Marek, L. (2015). Prostorové a vícerozměrné statistické analýzy epidemiologických dat. Olomouc, doktorská práce.
  • Petr P. (2014). Data Mining (1. a 2. část). Pardubice.
  • Sankey T. (2017). Statistical Descriptions of Spatial Patterns, In: Shekhar S., Xiong H., Zhou X. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS.
  • Šarmanová, J. (2012). Metody analýzy data. Ostrava.
  • Witten IH, Frank F, Hall AH. (2011). Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques. Morgan Kaufmann.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Geoinformatics and Cartography (2020) Category: Geography courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter