Package net.sf.tweety.machinelearning.assoc

Interface AssociationRuleMiner<T>

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

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

mineRules

Collection<AssociationRule<T>> mineRules(Collection<Collection<T>> database)

Mines a set of association rules from the given database.

Parameters:

database - some database

Returns:

a set of association rules.

mineRules

Collection<AssociationRule<T>> mineRules(Collection<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 database

conclusion_limit - the maximal size of elements in the conclusion of the mined rules.

Returns:

a set of association rules.

mineRules

Collection<AssociationRule<T>> mineRules(Collection<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 database

conclusion_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.