Interface AssociationRuleMiner<T>
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- Type Parameters:
T
- the type of items
- All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractAssociationRuleMiner
,AprioriMiner
public interface AssociationRuleMiner<T>
Interface for algorithms mining association rules from transaction databases.- Author:
- Matthias Thimm
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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.java.util.Collection<AssociationRule<T>>
mineRules(java.util.Collection<java.util.Collection<T>> database, int conclusion_limit, int total_limit)
Mines a set of association rules from the given database.
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Method Detail
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mineRules
java.util.Collection<AssociationRule<T>> mineRules(java.util.Collection<java.util.Collection<T>> database)
Mines a set of association rules from the given database.- Parameters:
database
- some database- Returns:
- a set of association rules.
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mineRules
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. Only those rules are mined where the conclusion has the maximal given number of elements.- Parameters:
database
- some databaseconclusion_limit
- the maximal size of elements in the conclusion of the mined rules.- Returns:
- a set of association rules.
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mineRules
java.util.Collection<AssociationRule<T>> mineRules(java.util.Collection<java.util.Collection<T>> database, int conclusion_limit, int total_limit)
Mines a set of association rules from the given database. Only those rules are mined where the conclusion and in total has the maximal given number of elements, respectively.- Parameters:
database
- some databaseconclusion_limit
- the maximal size of elements in the conclusion of the mined rules.total_limit
- the total number of elements that may appear in the mined rules.- Returns:
- a set of association rules.
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