Tangara

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Tangara 1.4.50 (2013/12/18)

Developed by: Ricco Rakotomalala, Université Lyon 2
License: Free&Open source
Web page : Tool homepage
Tool type : Application software

The last edition of this page was on: 2014/10/14

The Completion level of this page is : Low

The last edition of this page was on: 2014/10/14 The Completion level of this page is : Low

SHORT DESCRIPTION

[[has description::Quotes from the official home page (10/2014):

* TANAGRA is a free DATA MINING software for academic and research purposes. It proposes several data mining methods from exploratory data analysis, statistical learning, machine learning and databases area.
* The main purpose of Tanagra project is to give researchers and students an easy-to-use data mining software, conforming to the present norms of the software development in this domain (especially in the design of its GUI and the way to use it), and allowing to analyse either real or synthetic data.
* The second purpose of TANAGRA is to propose to researchers an architecture allowing them to easily add their own data mining methods, to compare their performances. TANAGRA acts more as an experimental platform in order to let them go to the essential of their work, dispensing them to deal with the unpleasant part in the programmation of this kind of tools : the data management.
* The third and last purpose, in direction of novice developers, consists in diffusing a possible methodology for building this kind of software. They should take advantage of free access to source code, to look how this sort of software is built, the problems to avoid, the main steps of the project, and which tools and code libraries to use for. In this way, Tanagra can be considered as a pedagogical tool for learning programming techniques.

According to its author, Tangara can be compared to Weka: In comparison it has an easier to use Interface, but less functionality.]]

TOOL CHARACTERISTICS

Usability

Authors of this page consider that this tool is rather easy to use.

Tool orientation

This tool is designed for general purpose analysis.

Data mining type

This tool is made for Structured data mining, Text mining.

Manipulation type

This tool is designed for Data extraction, Data transformation, Data analysis, Data visualisation, Data conversion, Data cleaning.

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IMPORT FORMAT :  TXT

EXPORT FORMAT :

Tool objective(s) in the field of Learning Sciences

☑ Analysis & Visualisation of data
☑ Predicting student performance
☑ Student modelling
☑ Social Network Analysis (SNA)
☑ Constructing courseware

☑ Providing feedback for supporting instructors:
☑ Recommendations for students
☑ Grouping students:
☑ Developing concept maps:
☑ Planning/scheduling/monitoring
☑ Experimentation/observation

Tool can perform:

* Data extraction of type:

* Transformation of type:

* Data analysis of type:

* Data visualisation of type: (These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")

ABOUT USERS

Tool is suitable for:

Students/Learners/Consumers

Teachers/Tutors/Managers

Researchers

Developers/Designers

Organisations/Institutions/Firms

Others

Required skills:

STATISTICS:  Medium

PROGRAMMING:  Medium

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION:  Basic

DATA MINING MODELS:  Medium

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Tool version : Tangara 1.4.50 2013/12/18
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Developed by : Ricco Rakotomalala, Université Lyon 2
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Tool Web page : http://eric.univ-lyon2.fr/~ricco/tanagra/index.html
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Tool type : Application software
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## Contents

* 1 SHORT DESCRIPTION
* 2 TOOL CHARACTERISTICS
* 3 ABOUT USER
* 4 OTHER TOOL INFORMATION

## SHORT DESCRIPTION[edit source]

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Quotes from the official home page (10/2014):

* TANAGRA is a free DATA MINING software for academic and research purposes. It proposes several data mining methods from exploratory data analysis, statistical learning, machine learning and databases area.
* The main purpose of Tanagra project is to give researchers and students an easy-to-use data mining software, conforming to the present norms of the software development in this domain (especially in the design of its GUI and the way to use it), and allowing to analyse either real or synthetic data.
* The second purpose of TANAGRA is to propose to researchers an architecture allowing them to easily add their own data mining methods, to compare their performances. TANAGRA acts more as an experimental platform in order to let them go to the essential of their work, dispensing them to deal with the unpleasant part in the programmation of this kind of tools : the data management.
* The third and last purpose, in direction of novice developers, consists in diffusing a possible methodology for building this kind of software. They should take advantage of free access to source code, to look how this sort of software is built, the problems to avoid, the main steps of the project, and which tools and code libraries to use for. In this way, Tanagra can be considered as a pedagogical tool for learning programming techniques.

According to its author, Tangara can be compared to Weka: In comparison it has an easier to use Interface, but less functionality.

## TOOL CHARACTERISTICS[edit source]

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Tool orientation | Data mining type | Usability

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This tool is designed for general purpose analysis. | This tool is designed for Structured data mining, Text mining. | Authors of this page consider that this tool is rather easy to use.
Data import format | Data export format

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TXT. | .

Tool objective(s) in the field of Learning Sciences

☑ Analysis & Visualisation of data
☑ Predicting student performance
☑ Student modelling
☑ Social Network Analysis (SNA)
☑ Constructing courseware

☑ Providing feedback for supporting instructors:
☑ Recommendations for students
☑ Grouping students:
☑ Developing concept maps:
☑ Planning/scheduling/monitoring
☑ Experimentation/observation

Can perform data extraction of type:

Can perform data transformation of type:

Can perform data analysis of type:

Can perform data visualisation of type:
(These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")

## ABOUT USER[edit source]

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Tool is suitable for:

Students/Learners/Consumers:☑ | Teachers/Tutors/Managers:☑ | Researchers:☑ | Organisations/Institutions/Firms:☑ | Others:☑
Required skills:

Statistics: MEDIUM | Programming: MEDIUM | System administration: BASIC | Data mining models: MEDIUM

## OTHER TOOL INFORMATION[edit source]

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Tangara
Free&Open source
Ricco Rakotomalala, Université Lyon 2
2013/12/18
1.4.50
http://eric.univ-lyon2.fr/~ricco/tanagra/index.html
[[has description::Quotes from the official home page (10/2014):

* TANAGRA is a free DATA MINING software for academic and research purposes. It proposes several data mining methods from exploratory data analysis, statistical learning, machine learning and databases area.
* The main purpose of Tanagra project is to give researchers and students an easy-to-use data mining software, conforming to the present norms of the software development in this domain (especially in the design of its GUI and the way to use it), and allowing to analyse either real or synthetic data.
* The second purpose of TANAGRA is to propose to researchers an architecture allowing them to easily add their own data mining methods, to compare their performances. TANAGRA acts more as an experimental platform in order to let them go to the essential of their work, dispensing them to deal with the unpleasant part in the programmation of this kind of tools : the data management.
* The third and last purpose, in direction of novice developers, consists in diffusing a possible methodology for building this kind of software. They should take advantage of free access to source code, to look how this sort of software is built, the problems to avoid, the main steps of the project, and which tools and code libraries to use for. In this way, Tanagra can be considered as a pedagogical tool for learning programming techniques.

According to its author, Tangara can be compared to Weka: In comparison it has an easier to use Interface, but less functionality.]]

General analysis
Students/Learners/Consumers, Teachers/Tutors/Managers, Researchers
Medium
Medium
Basic
Medium
Application software
Structured data mining, Text mining
Data extraction, Data transformation, Data analysis, Data visualisation, Data conversion, Data cleaning
TXT
rather easy to use
Low

Ricco Rakotomalala, "TANAGRA : un logiciel gratuit pour l'enseignement et la recherche", in Actes de EGC'2005, RNTI-E-3, vol. 2, pp.697-702, 2005.