Association rule learning is used to discover interesting correlations in large bodies of data. For example, a supermarket would use it to discover which items are normally bought together so it can place them together on the shelves: beer is normally bought at the same time as crisps or nuts (and, according to one report, nappies, presumably because people who have babies are more likely to drink at home :-)). In another domain, an analysis of visible building faults that typically occur together could be used to determine when it makes economic sense to perform expensive tests for related concealed problems.
Apriori, Eclat and FPGrowth are all specific association rule learning algorithms.
- alias
- subtype
- Apriori Eclat FPGrowth
- has functional building block
- FBB_Feature discovery
- has input data type
- IDT_Vector of categorical variables
- has internal model
- has output data type
- ODT_Vector of categorical variables ODT_Probability
- has learning style
- LST_Unsupervised
- has parametricity
- PRM_Nonparametric with hyperparameter(s)
- has relevance
- REL_Relevant
- uses
- sometimes supports
- mathematically similar to