Category Archives: Data Mining

Top 5 Data Mining Books for Computer Scientists

Posted on 2015-08-25 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

I have often been asked what are some good books for learning data mining. In this blog post, I will answer this question by discussing some of the top data mining books for learning data mining and data science from a computer science perspective.   … Continue reading →

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The SPMF data mining library: a brief history and what’s next?

Posted on 2015-08-19 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will talk about the well-known open-source library of data mining algorithms implemented in Java, which I am the founder of. I will give a brief overview of its history, discuss some lessons learned from the development of … Continue reading →

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An Introduction to Sequential Rule Mining

Posted on 2015-08-18 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will discuss an interesting topic in data mining, which is the topic of sequential rule mining. It consists of discovering rules in sequences. This data mining task has many applications for example for analyzing the behavior of … Continue reading →

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How to test if a data mining mining algorithm implementation is correct?

Posted on 2015-07-28 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will discuss how to check if a data mining algorithm implementation is correct and complete. This is a very important topic for researchers who are implementing data mining algorithms since an incorrect implementation may generate unexpected results. … Continue reading →

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The PAKDD 2015 Conference (a brief report)

Posted on 2015-05-26 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

I have attended the 19th PAKDD 2015 conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from the 19th to 22nd May. In this blog post, I give some brief comments about the PAKDD 2015 conference.  PAKDD ( Pacific-Asia Conference series on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining ) is a top data mining conference, held every … Continue reading →

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An Introduction to High-Utility Itemset Mining

Posted on 2015-04-18 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will give an introduction about a popular problem in data mining, which is called “high-utility itemset mining” or more generally utility mining. I  will give an overview of this problem, explains why it is interesting, and provide source code of … Continue reading →

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Drawing a set-enumeration tree using Java and GraphViz

Posted on 2015-03-14 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will explain and provide source code to automatically  draw the set-enumeration tree of a set using Java and GraphViz.  Drawing a set-enumeration tree is useful in computer science, for example in frequent itemset mining, a subfield of data … Continue reading →

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Brief report about the ADMA 2014 conference

Posted on 2014-12-20 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will discuss my current trip to the ADMA 2014 conference (10th Intern. Conf. on Advanced Data Mining and Applications in China (December 19-21 2014 in Guilin, China). Note that the views expressed in this post are my personal opinion/interpretation … Continue reading →

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Drawing the Powerset of a Set using Java and GraphViz (Hasse Diagram)

Posted on 2014-07-15 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will explain and provide source code to automatically  draw the powerset of a set using Java and GraphViz.  Drawing a powerset is useful in mathematics and also in computer science, for example in frequent itemset mining, it can … Continue reading →

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Big Problems only found in Big Data?

Posted on 2014-06-25 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I will discuss the topic of Big Data, which is a very popular topic nowadays.  The popularity of big data can be seen for example in universities. Many universities are currently searching for professors who do research on “big data”. Moreover, … Continue reading →

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