Data mining methods are often implemented at advanced universities today for analyzing
available data and extracting information and knowledge to support decision-making. This …

This paper presents the results from data mining research, performed at one of the famous
and prestigious Bulgarian universities, with the main goal to reveal the high potential of data …

Universities gather large volumes of data with reference to their students in electronic form.
The advances in the data mining field make it possible to mine these educational data and …

The tremendous growth in electronic data of universities creates the need to have some
meaningful information extracted from these large volumes of data. The advancement in the …

Higher education institutions (HEIs) are often curious whether students will be successful or
not during their study. Before or during their courses the academic institutions try to estimate …

Although data mining has been successfully implemented in the business world for some
time now, its use in higher education is still relatively new, ie its use is intended for …

The main objective of higher education institutions is to provide quality education to its
students. One way to achieve highest level of quality in higher education system is by …

It is important to study and analyse educational data especially students' performance.
Educational Data Mining (EDM) is the field of study concerned with mining educational data …

One of the biggest challenges that higher learning institutions face today is to improve the
quality of managerial decisions. The managerial decision making process becomes more …

Abstract Information is everywhere in a hidden and scattered way. It becomes useful when
we apply Data mining to extracts the hidden, meaningful, and potentially useful patterns from …