Dynamic itemset mining under multiple support thresholds

Abstract

Handling dynamic aspect of databases and multiple support threshold requirements of items are two important challenges of frequent itemset mining algorithms. Existing dynamic itemset mining algorithms are devised for single support threshold whereas multiple support threshold algorithms assume that the databases are static. This paper focuses on dynamic update problem of frequent itemsets under MIS (Multiple Item Support) thresholds and introduces Dynamic MIS algorithm. It is i) tree based and scans the database once, ii) considers multiple support thresholds, and iii) handles increments of additions, additions with new items and deletions. Proposed algorithm is compared to CFP-Growth++ and findings are; in dynamic database 1) Dynamic MIS performs better than CFP-Growth++ since it runs only on increments and 2) Dynamic MIS can achieve speed-up up to 56 times against CFP-Growth++.