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This assignment will occupy 25% in your final score of the course

The authors of the best works will be awarded a chance of 15 minutes' presentation in the class, plus several additional points on this assignment.

Since 1990's, a lot of data mining tools have been developed. Please thoroughly investigate one data mining tool, and compare it with at least two other tools, then write a report in Chinese. Note that you should try to use the tools (e.g., using them to mine some real data) and then write your own experiences/feelings on the tools (e.g., what are the strength and weakness of the tool? If you were the developer of the tool, what will you do in the next edition? etc.)

For details (guidance on how to write the report, accepted submissions, selected works for presentation, etc.) please refer the TA page.

Deadline: 20:00, Sept. 21 (Monday), 2009

Attn:

• You can start to do the assignment now.
• Finish the assignment by yourself. Materials used should be appropriately referred. Plagiarism will be seriously penalized. (What maybe regarded as plagiarism? For example, see the IEEE's "Five Levels of Plagiarism")
• Assign an appropriate title to your paper. Your report should contain abstract, keywords, main body, acknowledgements if necessary, and references. Put your name and student number under the title.
• Format your report according to the requirement of Chinese Journal of Software
• Pdf, ps, or doc files, are preferred in submission.
• Name your file with your student number, e.g. bg0900001.pdf.
• Upload your file to ftp://lamda.nju.edu.cn/dm/assignment1/ (user: dm09, password: dm09) by the deadline. The folder for uploading will be shut off when the deadline is reached. Considering possible network problems, you may not want to upload your file just at the deadline.
• Don't submit your file via email!
• If you have problems in submitting your paper, please contact with Dr. Ming Li.
• Reports submitted after the deadline will not be accepted. No exception!

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