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F.Y. M.Tech. (Computer Science)

Sem. – I 909(2) : Elective - I
Dataware Housing and Data Mining

P. Pages : 3
Time : Three Hours Max. Marks : 70
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Notes : 1. Attempt any five questions.
2. All questions carry equal marks.
3. Due credit will be given to neatness and
adequate dimensions.
4. Assume suitable data wherever
necessary.

1. Consider any real – life database and with 14

reference to it, explain following data
mining functionalities.
i) Characterization.
ii) Discrimination.
iii) Association.
iv) Classification.
v) Prediction.
vi) Clustering.
vii) Evolution analysis.

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 2. a) Describe three challenges to datamining 6
regarding data mining methodology and
user interactions issues.

b) Draw & explain architecture of typical 8

datamining systems. Also give classification
of data mining system.

3. a) Explain in brief data mart builder. 4

b) Discuss features of MOLAP, ROLAP & 4

HOLAP.

c) Explain efficient cube computation for 6

data warehouse implementation.

4. a) Briefly outline the major steps of decision 5

tree classification.

b) What is boosting ? State why it may 5

improve the accuracy of decision tree
induction.

c) Explain linear and non – linear regression. 4

5. a) Write apriori algorithm and explain it. 6

b) Explain how neural network can be used 6

to perform clustering.

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 c) Write the strength and weakness of K- 2
means in comparison with k – medoid
algorithm.

6. a) What is grid – based clustering ? Write & 7

explain STING algorithm.

b) What is an outlier ? Why outlier analysis is 7

required ? write the approaches of outlier
analysis.

7. What is text mining ? Comment on basic 14

measures for text Retrieval. Also write
about text retrieval methods.

8. a) How to chose a datamining system ? 7

Give examples of commercial data mining
systems.

b) Write brief about the following. 7

i) Business Intelligence & information
mining.
ii) Customer Relationship Management
in the e-Business world.

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