Data Mining methodology: application to an Alzeheimer database

Abstract

The aim within this work is to explore the different steps in a data mining process. We will take a methodological point of view, exploring the usual steps in a Knowledge Discovery in Databases process. Perhaps of that focus, the project also wants to give results in a concrete application of those techniques to a real problem. We are collaborating with the Terrassa Hospital physicology department, which give us the data and help us all the way in the interpretation of the results. The database concerns batteries of psychological tests each related with a psychological function. We try to find common patterns or structures inside the database that could give rise to new knowledge related with the diagnosis of Alzheimer in its earlier phases.