AbstractAssociationRuleMiner

java.lang.Object
- net.sf.tweety.machinelearning.assoc.AbstractAssociationRuleMiner<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of items

All Implemented Interfaces:

AssociationRuleMiner<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

AprioriMiner
```
public abstract class AbstractAssociationRuleMiner<T>
extends java.lang.Object
implements AssociationRuleMiner<T>
```
Abstract layer for association rule miners, bundles common methods.

Author:

Matthias Thimm

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractAssociationRuleMiner()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.Collection<AssociationRule<T>>`	`mineRules(java.util.Collection<java.util.Collection<T>> database)`	Mines a set of association rules from the given database.
`java.util.Collection<AssociationRule<T>>`	`mineRules(java.util.Collection<java.util.Collection<T>> database, int conclusion_limit)`	Mines a set of association rules from the given database.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.tweety.machinelearning.assoc.AssociationRuleMiner
mineRules

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractAssociationRuleMiner
```
public AbstractAssociationRuleMiner()
```
- Method Detail
  - mineRules
```
public java.util.Collection<AssociationRule<T>> mineRules(java.util.Collection<java.util.Collection<T>> database)
```
    Description copied from interface: AssociationRuleMiner
    
    Mines a set of association rules from the given database.
    
    Specified by:
    
    mineRules in interface AssociationRuleMiner<T>
    
    Parameters:
    
    database - some database
    
    Returns:
    
    a set of association rules.
  - mineRules
```
public java.util.Collection<AssociationRule<T>> mineRules(java.util.Collection<java.util.Collection<T>> database,
                                                          int conclusion_limit)
```
    Description copied from interface: AssociationRuleMiner
    
    Mines a set of association rules from the given database. Only those rules are mined where the conclusion has the maximal given number of elements.
    
    Specified by:
    
    mineRules in interface AssociationRuleMiner<T>
    
    Parameters:
    
    database - some database
    
    conclusion_limit - the maximal size of elements in the conclusion of the mined rules.
    
    Returns:
    
    a set of association rules.