Topic

At the focus of the DMC Competition was solving a practical Data Mining problem.

Topic - Scenario

Who doesn't dream of a big lottery windfall? The problem to be solved in the DATA MINING CUP (DMC) Competition 2008 brings us closer to this dream. The South German Class Lottery (SKL) is a large state lottery in Germany. In cooperation with state-accredited lottery agent Günther, this year's DMC competition will examine the personal data of lottery participants.

The DATA MINING CUP Competition 2008 topic consists of predicting, at the beginning of the lottery, how long participants will participate. The data was graciously given to us by state accredited lottery agent Günther in conjunction with Acxiom. The data was prepared by GDS Günther Direct Services, which acts as a service provider for the state accredited lottery agent Günther in all direct marketing matters. We would like to thank all of the institutions involved in preparing the data and we wish all participants good luck in solving the problem for the DATA MINING CUP 2008.

Download of topic and data:
 DMC2008.zip
Download of the classification file:  DMC2008_realclass.zip

This download is password protected. Please use your personal account data for download. The account data has been sent to you and is contained within the registration confirmation E-mail. For solving the task all data mining tools (self developed or other products) are allowed.