Module datarush.analytics

Package com.pervasive.datarush.analytics.arm

Class AssociationRule

java.lang.Object

com.pervasive.datarush.analytics.arm.AssociationRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class AssociationRule
extends Object
implements Serializable

An association rule defining the strength of a relationship between two item sets. The rule contains an antecedent (A) item set and a consequent (C) item set.

The support of a rule is defined as: support(A->C) = support(A+C).

The confidence of a rule is defined as: confidence(A->C) = support(A+C) / support(A).

The lift of a rule is defined as: lift(A->C) = confidence(A->C) / support(C).

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AssociationRule(int[] antecedent, int[] consequent, double support, double confidence, double lift)	Construct a new association rule.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int[]	getAntecedent()	Return the antecedent item set of the rule.
double	getConfidence()	Return the confidence of the rule.
int[]	getConsequent()	Return the consequent item set of the rule.
double	getLift()	Return the lift of the rule.
double	getSupport()	Return the support of the rule.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

AssociationRule

public AssociationRule(int[] antecedent,
 int[] consequent,
 double support,
 double confidence,
 double lift)

Construct a new association rule.

Parameters:

antecedent - the antecedent item set

consequent - the consequent item set

support - the support for the rule

confidence - the confidence of the rule

lift - the lift of the rule

Method Details

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getAntecedent

public int[] getAntecedent()

Return the antecedent item set of the rule.

Returns:

antecedent item set

getConsequent

public int[] getConsequent()

Return the consequent item set of the rule.

Returns:

consequent item set

getConfidence

public double getConfidence()

Return the confidence of the rule.

Returns:

confidence of the rule

getSupport

public double getSupport()

Return the support of the rule.

Returns:

support of the rule

getLift

public double getLift()

Return the lift of the rule.

Returns:

lift of the rule