Application of Data Mining Technology in Predicting The Seropre valence of Hbv, Hcv,Hiv; The Case of The National Blood Bank of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2011-07
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Recent advancements in communication technologies, on the one hand, and computer hardware
and database technologies, on the other hand, have made it easy for organizations to collect, store
and manipulate massive amounts of data. As stated by Deogan, these large databases contain
potential gold mine of valuable information, but it is beyond human ability to analyze substantial
amounts of data and extract meaningful patterns. As the volume of data increases, the proportion
of information in which people could understand decreases substantially. The applications of
learning algorithms in knowledge discovery are promising and they are relevant area of research
offering new possibilities and benefits in real-world applications such as blood bank data
warehouse. The availability of optimal blood in blood banks is a critical and important aspect in
a Blood transfusion service. Blood banks are typically based on a healthy person voluntarily
donating blood used for transfusions. The ability to identify regular blood donors enables blood
bank and voluntary organizations to plan systematically for organizing blood donation camps in
an efficient manner.
The objective of this study is to explore the immense applicability of data mining technology in
the Ethiopian National Blood Bank Service by developing a predictive model that could help in
the donor recruitment strategies by identifying donors that are at risk of TTI’s which can help in
the collection of safe blood group which in turn assists in maintaining optimal blood.
The analysis has been carried out on 14575 blood donor’s dataset that has at least one pathogen
using the J48 decision tree and Naïve Bayes algorithm implemented in Weka. J48 decision tree
algorithm with the overall model accuracy of 89 % has offered interesting rules
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