STUDENTS DATA CLASSIFICATION MODEL

• Main Author: SETU, ILI AIMIE
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2006
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/9459/1/2006%20Bachelor%20-%20Student%20Data%20Classification%20Model.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/9459/

In this project, research is conducted based on data sets of undergraduates at varsity level to classify student performance data. The objective of the project is to develop a system that utilizes various intelligent techniques with targeted accuracy being at a minimal level of88%. The system is designed to predict students' CGPA upon graduation. Any further actions that can be taken to avoid students' dismissals, or to strengthen their area of interest or expertise can be derived from the outcome of this intelligent system. The project is implemented using data sets Iris and Student. Techniques used to support classification are separated into two different subprojects: (1) Back propagation feed forward neural network using Bayes probability to initialize weights, and (2) Fuzzy system. The proposed optimization of neural network and Bayes Theorem returns 92.55% level of accuracy for the student data. Further improvements can be performed on areas such as the individual variations of each technique and the combination of all three techniques to optimize accuracy. The project contributes in customizing a grading system for Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. This system structure is generally relevant to many universities in Malaysia as they adopt a fairly similar approach in grading