CODE 60270 ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE 8734 (LM-31) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-INF/05 TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course illustrates the basic concepts of Business Analytics with particular reference to the approaches for statistical data modeling, diagnostic and predictive analytics, using methodologies based on machine learning for the solution of application problems and decision support in industrial, management and economics fields. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course introduces the basic concepts of Business Intelligence (BI) with particular reference to aspects of Analytics/Data Mining and focusing on the use analytical methods and reporting to support business decisions. The students will acquire both the basic skills for the design of a BI system and the ability to critically evaluate the data analysis performed with Data Mining tools. During the course some seminars are planned that illustrate real cases of application of the BI in the enterprise. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The student will acquire design skills of data analysis in industrial and management application fields. In particular, the student will be able to design a predictive analysis system and evaluate its performance. PREREQUISITES Basic knowledge of probability, statistics, analysis and data representation. Basic knowledge of Python or a similar programming language. TEACHING METHODS Lectures and computer assisted lab sessions. SYLLABUS/CONTENT Review of multivariate statistics and elements of decision theory Descriptive Analytics, Diagnostic Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Prescriptive Analytics Supervised and unsupervised models Association Pattern Mining Cluster Analysis Rule-based methods and decision trees Kernel-based methods Elemsnts of neural networks Elements of methods for structured and semi-structured data Mehods for model evaluation Applications and case studies RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Lecture notes provided during the course. Further readings: C.C.Aggarwal, Data mining: the textbook. Springer, 2015. M.J.Zaki, M.Wagner Jr., Data Mining and Machine Learning: Fundamental Concepts and Algorithms. Cambridge University Press, 2019. T.Hastie, R.Tibshirani, J.Friedman, The Elemsnts of Statistical Learning, Springer, 2009 (2nd Ed.) TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD DAVIDE ANGUITA Ricevimento: By appointment. ANTONIO EMANUELE CINA' Exam Board DAVIDE ANGUITA (President) LUCA DEMETRIO LUCA ONETO ANTONIO EMANUELE CINA' (President Substitute) LESSONS Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral examination. The student will develop autonomously (individually or in cooperation with other students) a case study, selected among those proposed as exam topics and using the methods discussed during the course. The oral examination will focus on the discussion of the case study. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 09/01/2024 09:30 GENOVA Orale 24/01/2024 09:30 GENOVA Orale 12/02/2024 09:30 GENOVA Orale 06/06/2024 09:30 GENOVA Orale 03/07/2024 09:30 GENOVA Orale 16/09/2024 09:30 GENOVA Orale