Category Archives: spmf

SPMF 2.52 is released

Posted on 2022-02-11 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

This is just a short blog post to let you know that a new version of the SPMF library has been released, called version 2.52. This new version contains two new algorithms for high utility itemset mining and one for … Continue reading →

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Towards SPMF v3.0…

Posted on 2021-10-01 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I will talk a little bit about the recent improvements and future direction for the SPMF data mining library. How SPMF started? SPMF is a software project that I started around 2008 when I was a Ph.D student in … Continue reading →

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SPMF 2.48

Posted on 2021-06-28 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Hi all, I have not been very active on the blog during the last month. This is because I had many thinsg going on in my personal and professional life that I will not reveal here. But I will be … Continue reading →

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New version of SPMF (2.44): 4 new algorithms, datasets and features

Posted on 2021-02-12 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I am happy to announce that a new version of the SPMF open-source data mining software is released (v. 2.44). This is the download page. This new version was made possible due to several contributors. What is new? New … Continue reading →

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“Pattern Mining :Theory and Practice” (textbook in Thai, with SPMF)

Posted on 2020-04-30 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Hi all, this is to announce that a new textbook in Thai has been published about pattern mining, which includes many examples using the SPMF software. The textbook named “Pattern Mining: Theory and Practice” is written by teacher Panida Songram from Mahasarakham University (Thailand) and can be used for … Continue reading →

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The SPMF data mining library v.2.40 is released!

Posted on 2019-10-23 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Hi all, I am please to announce that a new version of SPMF has just been published (v 2.40). It contains 9 novel algorithms: It also includes some bug fixes and other minor improvements. I did not release a new version of SPMF since a few … Continue reading →

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Analyzing the source code of SPMF (5 years later)

Posted on 2019-01-12 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Five years ago, I had analyzed the source code of the SPMF data mining software using an open-source tool called CodeAnalyzer ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/codeanalyze-gpl/ ). This had provided some interesting insights about the structure of the project, especially in terms of lines of codes and code to … Continue reading →

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How to run SPMF without installing Java?

Posted on 2018-04-02 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

The SPMF data mining software is a popular open-source software for discovering patterns in data and for performing other data mining tasks. Typically, to run SPMF, Java must have been installed on a computer. However, it is possible to run SPMF on a computer that does not have Java installed. For example, … Continue reading →

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Introduction to time series mining with SPMF

Posted on 2016-12-18 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

This blog post briefly explain how time series data mining can be performed with the Java open-source data mining library SPMF (v.2.06).  It first explain what is a time series and then discuss how data mining can be performed on time series. What is … Continue reading →

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Discovering hidden patterns in texts using SPMF

Posted on 2016-09-17 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

This tutorial will explain how to analyze text documents to discover complex and hidden relationships between words.  We will illustrate this with a Sherlock Holmes novel. Moreover we will explain how hidden patterns in text can be used to recognize the author of a … Continue reading →

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