IS KDD

Interfaces Supporting Knowledge Discovery in Databases

This website details the Software Engineering honours project of Mark Hollands under the supervision of Trevor Dix.

This project will develop a web accessible graphical user environment around the existing data mining system, Snob. The version written in C, known as Snob-Vanilla, will be used. The surrounding environment will be coded in an internet scripting language. Quantitative analysis techniques will compare the time spent by users as they interact with the new and original versions of the system. For users who are unfamiliar with the system, testing focused upon their learning curve will show which system they can become proficient in the fastest. For users that have had prior experience with using Snob, qualitative analyses will be performed to gauge the users feel for the system. This will assess the level of control that the user experiences when operating a known system through a new interface.