Tag Archives: association rule

Free Pattern Mining Course

Posted on 2023-04-13 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Hi all, this is to let you know that I have developed a free pattern mining course that you can watch online.  The course is designed to introduce students or researchers to the different topics of pattern mining and explain … Continue reading →

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What are Generator Itemsets?

Posted on 2023-04-02 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I will briefly explain what is a generator itemset. I will give some example and explain why generator itemsets are interesting and useful for some applications. I will also mention that efficient implementations can be found in the SPMF … Continue reading →

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What is a Closed Itemset and Why is it Useful?

Posted on 2023-03-31 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will explain in simple terms what is a closed itemset and give some examples. I will also mention a few algorithms that can be used to find closed itemsets and that they can be found … Continue reading →

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New version of SPMF (2.58)

Posted on 2022-11-27 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

This is to announce that a new version of SPMF has been released on the 27th November 2022. This version has 7 new pattern mining algorithms: Besides, it has several new features such as: (1) An integrated text editor to … Continue reading →

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How many association rules in a dataset?

Posted on 2022-01-16 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

This is a very short blog post about the calculation of the number of possible association rules in a dataset. I will assume that you know already what is association rule mining. Let’s say that you have a dataset that … Continue reading →

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An introduction to frequent pattern mining

Posted on 2013-10-13 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will give a brief overview of an important subfield of data mining that is  called pattern mining.  Pattern mining consists of using/developing data mining algorithms to discover interesting,  unexpected and useful patterns in databases. Pattern … Continue reading →

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