Tag Archives: sequential pattern

Sequential pattern mining vs Sequence prediction ?

Posted on 2021-02-04 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will answer a question that I have received in my e-mail about what is the difference between sequential pattern mining and sequence prediction. I think that this is a good question and sharing the answer … Continue reading →

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Introduction to frequent subranking mining

Posted on 2018-12-13 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Rankings are made in many fields, as we naturally tend to rank objects, persons or things, in different contexts. For example, in a singing or a sport competition, some judges will rank participants from worst to best and give prizes to … Continue reading →

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On the Completeness of the CloSpan and IncSpan algorithms

Posted on 2018-01-31 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will briefly discuss the fact that the popular CloSpan algorithm for frequent sequential pattern mining is an incomplete algorithm.  This means that in some special situations, CloSpan does not produce the expected results that it has been designed for, and in particular some patterns are … Continue reading →

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