Supervised Learning Methods:

In this project, you will be expected to do a comprehensive literature search
and survey, select and study a specific topic in one subject area of data mining
and its applications in business intelligence and analytics (BIA), and write a
research paper on the selected topic by yourself. The research paper you are
required to write can be a detailed comprehensive study on some specific topic
or the original research work that will have been done by yourself.
Requirements and Instructions for the Research Paper:
1. The objective of the paper should be very clear about subject, scope, domain,
and the goals to be achieved.
2. The paper should address the important advanced and critical issues in a
specific area of data mining and its applications in business intelligence
and  analytics.  Your  research  paper  should  emphasize  not  only  breadth  of
coverage, but also depth of coverage in the specific area.
3. The research paper should give the measurable conclusions and future research
directions (this is your contribution).
4. It might be beneficial to review or browse through about 15 to 20 relevant
technical articles before you make decision on the topic of the research
project.
5. The research paper can be:
a. Literature review papers on data mining techniques and their applications
for business intelligence and analytics.

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b. Study and examination of data mining techniques in depth with technical
details.
c. Applied research that applies a data mining method to solve a real world
application in terms of the domain of BIA.
6. The research paper should reflect the quality at certain academic research
level.
7. The paper should be about at least 3000-3500 words double space.
8. The paper should include adequate abstraction or introduction, and reference
list.
9. Please write the paper in your words and statements, and please give the
names of references, citations, and resources of reference materials if you
want to use the statements from other reference articles.
10.From  the  systematic  study  point  of  view,  you  may  want  to  read  a  list  of
technical papers from relevant magazines, journals, conference proceedings
and theses in the area of the topic you choose.
11. For the format and style of your research paper, please make reference to
CEC  Dissertation  Guide  (http://cec.nova.edu/doctoral/documents/nsu-cec-dissertation-
guides.html), Publication Manual of APA, or the format of ACM and IEEE journal
publications.
12.For the title page, please include course number, course name, term/date,
your name, contact information such as email and phone number.
Suggested and Possible Topics for Written Report (But Not Limited)
Supervised Learning Methods:
Classification Methods:
Regression Methods
Multiple Linear Regression
Logistic Regression
Ordered Logistic and Ordered Probit Regression Models