A high coherent utility fuzzy itemsets mining algorithm

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an algorithm for mining high coherent utility fuzzy itemsets (HCUFI) from quantitative transactions with the properties of propositional logic. It first transforms quantitative transactions into fuzzy sets. Then, utility of each fuzzy itemsets is then calculated according to the given external utility table. If the value is large than or equals to the minimum utility ratio, it will be considered as a High Utility Fuzzy Itemset (HUFI). Finally, contingency tables are calculated and used for checking those HUFI satisfy specific four criteria or not. If yes, it is a High Coherent Utility Fuzzy Itemsets (HCUFI). Experiments on the foodmart dataset are also made to show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.