prudsys is looking for the world's best up-and-coming data miners and will present the winners ...

83 teams from 65 universities in 22 countries took part in this year's DATA MINING CUP Competition (abbreviated to: DMC) which focused this year on the issue of dynamic price optimisation and is organised annually by prudsys AG. Which of the 61 solutions gained top places and which participants have won this 13th competition for students of intelligent data analysis will be made known as part of the 2012 prudsys User Days on 26th and 27th June 2012 in Berlin/Germany.

Dynamic pricing is currently one of the most innovative subjects in retail. All retailers - whether from Europe, Asia or America - aim to sell their product as quickly as possible at an ideal price that provides maximum margins and produces profits. Many retailers still calculate their product prices manually. Progressive companies rely on intelligent data mining solutions based on the real-time purchase behaviour of customers to set the ideal price for a product
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This innovative subject is therefore the focus of this year's DATA MINING CUP which has enjoyed the participation of numerous international universities for now 13 years. prudsys AG, as the organiser of this globally renowned data mining student competition and itself a specialist in intelligent data analysis and dynamic price optimisation, challenged the competitors to measure their data mining expertise using two separate tasks. Two tasks were assessed independently of each other.
The classic data mining task was for participants to develop a model using stipulated data that predicts the sales figures of a product as accurately as possible.
The second task was to independently implement an agent that takes on pricing for an online shop. The agents - and therefore the participants' individual shops - then competed against each other in a multiple agent system simulation. The aim was to maximise profit.

Which teams successfully tackled the two tasks and are therefore among the best up-and-coming data miners in the world will be made known at the 2012 prudsys User Days, which take place in Berlin on 26 and 27 June 2012.

For over 13 years the prudsys User Days have provided information on news, trends and technological developments in the data mining environment and on innovative business cases for retail both today and tomorrow.

For further information:

www.data-mining-cup.com