This is a collection of articles related to data mining and its application especially in education and banking industry, as well as the advantages of new technologies such as cloud computing and data science. Through the articles, the basic concepts, processes, historical development, as well as a review of the relevant literature are explained in detail. The book is intended for anyone who wants to get better acquainted with the above topics. It is written in simple vocabulary to bring scientific topics closer to the general population. Book Chapters:
-Knowledge discovery in databases: relation to operations research
-Case study in banking using neural networks
-Determinants of Efficacy of Studying in the Republic Croatia: Comparing Neural Networks and Decision Trees: Research Framework Proposition
-Application of educational data mining
-Predicting students' success using Neural networks
-Benefits of Educational Data Mining
-Cloud computing ‐ Infrastructure as a service based on AWS
-Data science: fundamental principles
-Data science life cycle