System and method for mining surprising temporal patterns
US6189005A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99952
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for data mining is provided in which temporal patterns of itemsets in transactions having unexpected support values are identified. A surprising temporal pattern is an itemset whose support changes over time. The method may use a minimum description length formulation to discover these surprising temporal patterns.
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