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AD-702 (D) RGPV B.Tech

Predictive Analytics (PA)

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Syllabus, notes and important questions for AD-702 (D)

Syllabus units

Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.

Unit 1 Introduction and Understanding Data 8 topics
  • Introduction to predictive analytics – Business analytics: types, applications
  • Predictive models, descriptive models, decision models
  • Applications of predictive analytics
  • Analytical techniques used in predictive analytics
  • Data types and associated techniques
  • Complexities of data
  • Data preparation and preprocessing
  • Exploratory data analysis
Unit 1 notes
Unit 2 Principles and Techniques 8 topics
  • Predictive modeling: propensity models, cluster models, collaborative filtering, applications and limitations
  • Statistical analysis: univariate and multivariate statistical analysis
  • Model selection: supervised versus unsupervised methods
  • Statistical and data mining methodology
  • Cross‑validation techniques
  • Overfitting and bias‑variance trade‑off
  • Balancing the training dataset
  • Establishing baseline performance
Unit 2 notes
Unit 3 Regression and Classification Models 9 topics
  • Measuring performance in regression models
  • Linear regression and its variants
  • Non‑linear regression models
  • Regression trees and rule‑based models (case study: compressive strength of concrete mixtures)
  • Measuring performance in classification models
  • Discriminant analysis and other linear classification models
  • Non‑linear classification models
  • Classification trees and rule‑based models
  • Model evaluation techniques for classification
Unit 3 notes
Unit 4 Time Series Analysis 7 topics
  • Introduction to time series, examples of time series, stationary models and autocorrelation function
  • Estimation and elimination of trend and seasonal components
  • Stationary process and ARMA models – basic properties and linear processes
  • Introduction to ARMA models, properties of sample mean and autocorrelation function
  • Forecasting stationary time series using ARMA(p, q) processes
  • ACF and PACF analysis
  • Modeling and forecasting with ARMA
Unit 4 notes
Unit 5 Nonstationary and Seasonal Time Series Models 6 topics
  • ARIMA models, identification techniques, unit roots in time series, forecasting ARIMA models
  • Seasonal ARIMA models
  • Regression with ARMA errors
  • Multivariate time series analysis
  • State‑space models
  • Deep learning techniques for time series forecasting
Unit 5 notes
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