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is.maximal

Find Maximal Itemsets


Description

Provides the generic function and the S4 method is.maximal for finding maximal itemsets.

Usage

is.maximal(x,...)
## S4 method for signature 'itemMatrix'
is.maximal(x)

Arguments

x

the set of itemsets, rules or an itemMatrix object.

...

further arguments.

Details

An itemset is maximal in a set if no proper superset of the itemset is contained in the set (Zaki et al., 1997).

We define here maximal rules, as the rules generated by maximal itemsets.

Value

a logical vector with the same length as x indicating for each element in x if it is a maximal itemset.

Author(s)

Michael Hahsler

References

Mohammed J. Zaki, Srinivasan Parthasarathy, Mitsunori Ogihara, and Wei Li (1997). New algorithms for fast discovery of association rules. Technical Report 651, Computer Science Department, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627.

See Also


arules

Mining Association Rules and Frequent Itemsets

v1.6-7
GPL-3
Authors
Michael Hahsler [aut, cre, cph], Christian Buchta [aut, cph], Bettina Gruen [aut, cph], Kurt Hornik [aut, cph], Ian Johnson [ctb, cph], Christian Borgelt [ctb, cph]
Initial release
2021-03-12

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