Tag Archives: spmf

(video) Minimal High Utility Itemset Mining with MinFHM

Posted on 2018-10-22 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

This is a video presentation of the paper “Mining Minimal High Utility Itemsets” about high utility itemset mining using MinFHM. It is the first video of a series of videos that will explain various data mining algorithms. VIDEO LINK : https://www.philippe-fournier-viger.com/spmf/videos/minfhm.mp4 More information … 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 the K-Means clustering algorithm (with Java code)

Posted on 2016-12-27 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will introduce the popular data mining task of clustering (also called cluster analysis).  I will explain what is the goal of clustering, and then introduce the popular K-Means algorithm with an example. Moreover, I will briefly explain how an open-source Java implementation of … 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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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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SPMF data mining library 0.98: new pattern visualization window

Posted on 2016-01-14 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

This blog post is to let you know that I have just published a new version of the SPMF open-source Java data mining library (0.98) that offers a new window for visualizing the patterns found by data mining algorithms. This … Continue reading →

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Interview with the SPMF library founder

Posted on 2015-10-12 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I will just write a short blog post to let you know that I was recently interviewed on Rahaman’s blog.  The interview talks about various topics such as (1) why creating the SPMF data mining library, (2) why choosing to work in … 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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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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