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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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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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News about SPMF

Posted on 2016-02-03 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Some quick news about the SPMF project. First, this month I have made a few updates to SPMF.  Two new algorithms have been added: USpan (for high-utility sequential pattern mining) and FCHM (for correlated high utility itemset mining). Moreover, I have fixed … Continue reading →

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200,000 visitors on the SPMF website!

Posted on 2015-09-29 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I will just write a short blog post to mention that the SPMF open-source data mining library has recently passed the milestone of 200,000 visitors.  This is possible thanks to the support of all users of SPMF, and the contributors … Continue reading →

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Analyzing the source code of the SPMF data mining software

Posted on 2013-05-16 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Hi everyone, In this blog post, I will discuss how I have applied an open-source tool that is named Code Analyzer ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/codeanalyze-gpl/ )  to analyze the source code of my open-source data mining software named SPMF. I have applied … Continue reading →

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Why it is important to publish source code and datasets for researchers?

Posted on 2013-03-08 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I will discuss about why it is important that researchers share their source code and data. As some of you know, I’m working on the design of data mining algorithms. More specifically, I’m working on algorithms for discovering patterns … Continue reading →

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