Kingston University MSc Project: Data Mining Textual Analysis Online

This project report, prepared for a Master of Science degree in Computing at Kingston University, focuses on data mining and textual analysis within the context of online purchases. The report includes a comprehensive introduction, literature review, technology assessment, design specifications, approach methodology, implementation details, evaluation results, and conclusions with potential future work. The structure follows a standard academic format, beginning with an abstract, followed by chapters detailing the problem, objectives, background, proposed solution, and the thesis's structure. The literature review analyzes existing approaches and defines the research problem, while subsequent chapters cover the technology used, design elements, implementation specifics, and evaluation methods. The project aims to provide a detailed analysis of data mining and textual analysis techniques, including the rationale behind technology choices and the evaluation of results. Appendices are included to provide additional details on implementation and evaluation. The report concludes with a critical evaluation of the solution, its limitations, and suggestions for future research.

KINGSTON UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING
School of Computing
MSc. DEGREE
IN
<State your specialization >
Name: <Student Name>
ID Number: <Student ID>
Project Title: <Project Title – e.g. Data Mining and Textual Analysis
in Online Purchases of SL>
Supervisor: <Supervisor Name>
Date: <Date of Submission>

WARRANTY STATEMENT
This is a student project. Therefore, neither the student nor University makes any warranty,
express or implied, as to the accuracy of the data or conclusion of the work performed in the
project and will not be held responsible for any consequences arising out of any inaccuracies or
omissions therein.
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Declaration
<Attach the provided declaration>
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Dedication
<Optional but better if you include one>
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Acknowledgement
<Pay gratitude to those who helped (supervisor, friends, parents, etc.) you>
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Abstract
Although it appears first, it is probably the last section to be written. By reading
just the abstract, the reader should get a good sense of what the report says.
This should be one page description that comprises of problem that you address,
your approach (users, input, output, and process), analysis & design,
implementation, evaluation and conclusion. Write more about your work. Do not
use citations, abbreviations and further works in an abstract.
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Contents
1. Introduction..............................................................................................................................1
1.1 Prolegomena...........................................................................................................................1
1.2 Aim and Objectives................................................................................................................1
1.2.1 Aim..................................................................................................................................1
1.2.2 Objectives........................................................................................................................1
1.3 Background and Motivation...................................................................................................2
1.4 Problem in brief.....................................................................................................................2
1.5 Proposed Solution..................................................................................................................2
1.6 Structure of the Thesis...........................................................................................................2
1.7 Summary................................................................................................................................2
2. Literature Review........................................................................................................................3
2.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................3
2.2 Gestation of data mining and textual analysis for online purchases......................................3
2.2 State of the art of data mining and textual analysis for online purchases..............................3
2.3 Future trends..........................................................................................................................3
2.4 Problem definition..................................................................................................................3
2.5 Summary................................................................................................................................3
3. Technology..................................................................................................................................4
4. Design.......................................................................................................................................5
5. Approach..................................................................................................................................6
6. Implementation.........................................................................................................................7
7. Evaluation.................................................................................................................................8
8. Conclusion and Future Work...................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10
Appendices....................................................................................................................................11
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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Abbreviations
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1. Introduction
1.1 Prolegomena
E.g. Data mining and textual analysis of online purchases in SL has been a <explain the
importance of selected research area>. According to statistics/ reports, <show the gravity of the
problem/ international>. There are many attempts by various researchers <state the
technologies used by them>. Among those approaches <highlight your findings> have been
reported. This thesis has identified data mining and textual analysis of online purchases in SL as
the research proem and proposed a <proposed solution>
1.2 Aim and Objectives
Write Aim and Objectives of the project under a separate heading as follows.
1.2.1 Aim
Provide your aim, better to use one sentence only.
1.2.2 Objectives
1. Critical review of the challenges
2. In-depth study of technology used for the research area
3. Design and develop the proposed solution
4. Evaluate the solution
1.3 Background and Motivation
In this section you should write brief description including background and
motivation for the project. Give a detail description of achievements, issues in your
research area and their solution. In this you must also show the importance of the
problem with the support from literature. Key research from the world should be
mentioned. This is an introduction to the field. You get many problems, giving
reasons select one problem as the research problem. In addition technology used
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for various solutions should be highlighted, with a special emphasis on the
technology you have selected. This section should have citations to refer to items in
the list of reference.
1.4 Problem in brief
Describe the selected problem here.
1.5 Proposed Solution
In this section, briefly state about your solution in terms of users, input, output,
process, technology, features, and system requirements.
1.6 Structure of the Thesis
You should also add a section about the structure of the dissertation. For example,
Chapter 2 describes the problem domain. Chapter 3 is on …….>
E.g. <This thesis has been structured with 8 chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overall
introduction the project. Chapter 2 provides a critical review of the developments and issues in
the area of data mining and textual analysis of online purchases in SL by defining the research
problem and identification of technologies. Chapter 3 is on technology adapted to building the
proposed solution. Chapter 4 presents the approach to the proposed solution. Chapter 5…….
Finally Chapter 8 concludes the thesis with a note on the possible further work>
1.7 Summary
E.g. <This chapter provided an introduction the entire project. For this purpose, the research
problem, objectives, technology adapted, proposed solution and resource requirements are
presented. Next chapter provides a detailed critical review of the solutions>
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