Conference on Advanced Computing, ICAC 2009, MacMillion Publishers India Ltd., NYC, ISBN 10:0230-63915-1, ISBN 13:978-0230-63915-7, pp. 202–207 
[13] Julie M. David, Kannan Balakrishnan (2010) "Paper on Prediction of Learning Disabilities in School Age Children using Decision Tree". In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Trends in Network Communications- Communication in Computer and Information Science, Vol 90, Part - 3 N. Meghanathan, Selma Boumerdassi, Nabendu Chaki, Dhinaharan Nagamalai (eds), Springer- Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, ISSN:1865-0929(print) 1865-0937(online), ISBN 978-3-642-14492-9(print) 978-3-642-14493-6(online), DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-14493-6_55, pp 533-542 
[14] M. Chapple, About.com Guide, http://databases.about.Com/od/datamining/g/classification.htm [15] R. Paige, (Secretary) (2002) US Department of Education. In: Twenty-fourth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with disabilities Education Act-To Assure the Free Appropriate Public Education of all Children with Disabilities 
[16] S.J. Cunningham, G Holmes (1999) "Developing innovative applications in agricultural using data mining". In: The Proceedings of the Southeast Asia Regional Computer Confederation Conference 

[17] T. Pang-Ning, S.Michael, K. Vipin, (2008) Introduction to Data Mining**, Low Price edn. Pearson** 
 Education, Inc., London, ISBN 978-81-317-1472-0 
Julie M. David born in 1976 **received the Masters degree in Computer Applications** 

![0_image_0.png](0_image_0.png)

(MCA) from Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore, India and M.Phil degree in Computer Science from Vinayaka Missions University, Salem, India in 2000 and 2008 respectively. She is currently pursuing Ph. D in the area of Data Mining at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India. During 2000-2007 she was with Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India as a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Applications. She is now with MES College, Aluva, Cochin, India as an Asst. Professor in the Department of Computer Applications. 

She has published several papers in international and national conference proceedings. Her research interest includes Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. She is a member of International Association of Engineers and a reviewer of Elsevier Knowledge Based Systems. 

Dr. Kannan Balakrishnan born in 1960 **received the M.Sc and M. Phil degrees** 

![0_image_1.png](0_image_1.png)

in Mathematics from University of Kerala, India, M. Tech degree in Computer and Information Science from Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin, India and Ph. D in Futures Studies from University of Kerala, India in 1982, 1983, 1988 and 2006 respectively. He is currently working with Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin, India, as an Associate Professor (Reader) in the Department of Computer Applications. He has visited Netherlands as part of a MHRD project on Computer Networks. Also he visited Slovenia as the co-investigator of Indo-Slovenian joint research project by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He has published several papers in international journals and national and international conference proceedings. His present areas of interest are Graph Algorithms, Intelligent Systems, Image Processing, CBIR and Machine Translation. He is a reviewer of American Mathematical Reviews. He is a recognized Research Guide in the Faculties of Technology and Science in the Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India. **He has served in many academic bodies of various universities in Kerala, India. Also currently he is** a member of the Board of Studies of Cochin, Calicut and Kannur Universities in India. He is also a member of MIR labs India. 