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Consider the data set shown in the table referenced (Table 5, page). The assignment involves three main tasks: (a) calculating the support for specific itemsets treating each transaction ID as a market basket; (b) using these support values to compute the confidence for associated rules and analyzing the symmetry of confidence; and (c) repeating the support calculation by treating each customer ID as a market basket with binary variables for item presence, then computing confidence for the same association rules based on this different perspective.

Additionally, the assignment addresses the challenges in mining association rules with item taxonomy, exploring two different approaches: one that involves extending transactions to include all ancestor items and another that incrementally generates frequent itemsets level by level, considering the hierarchy’s influence. Lastly, the data set for compression using vector quantization is analyzed to determine storage requirements before and after compression and calculating the compression ratio.

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Introduction

Association rule learning is a fundamental task in data mining aimed at discovering interesting relationships between variables in large transactional databases. Its applications range from market basket analysis to web usage mining, where understanding the relationships among items purchased collectively can influence marketing strategies. The complexity of mining these rules increases significantly when considering hierarchical item taxonomies and different data perspectives. This paper addresses multiple facets of association rule mining, supported by analytical computations and method comparisons, culminating in an analysis of data compression in high-dimensional vectors.

Support Calculation for Itemsets as Market Baskets

Calculating support involves counting the frequency of itemsets appearing within a dataset, normalized by total transactions or customers. Using the transactions as market baskets, support for specific itemsets ({e}, {b, d}, and {b, d, e}) is calculated by dividing the number of transactions containing these itemsets by the total number of transactions.

Suppose the dataset contains 100 transactions, where the itemsets appear in these transactions as follows: {e} appears in 60 transactions, {b, d} appears in 50 transactions, and {b, d, e} appears in 30 transactions. The support values then are:

  • Support({e}) = 60/100 = 0.60
  • Support({b, d}) = 50/100 = 0.50
  • Support({b, d, e}) = 30/100 = 0.30

These support measures indicate the prevalence of each itemset within the transactional data, serving as a foundation for confidence calculations.

Confidence of Association Rules and Symmetry

Confidence measures the strength of an association rule, computed as the support of the combined itemset divided by the support of the antecedent. For rule {b, d} → {e}:

Confidence({b, d} → {e}) = Support({b, d, e}) / Support({b, d}) = 0.30 / 0.50 = 0.60

For rule {e} → {b, d}:

Confidence({e} → {b, d}) = Support({b, d, e}) / Support({e}) = 0.30 / 0.60 = 0.50

The differing confidence values show that confidence is not symmetric; the likelihood of {e} co-occurring with {b, d} differs from the likelihood of {b, d} co-occurring with {e}. This asymmetry illustrates the importance of directionality in association analysis.

Re-evaluation Using Customer Baskets

When each customer ID is treated as a market basket, items are represented by binary variables indicating presence across all transactions for a customer. Suppose Customer A bought items {b, d, e} over several transactions, represented as 1s for each item the customer purchased at least once, and 0s otherwise. For example, a customer with {b, d, e} would have binary variables: b=1, d=1, e=1. Counting across all customers, suppose 80 customers bought item e, 70 bought items {b, d}, and 50 bought all three items.

  • Support({e}) = 80/220 ≈ 0.364
  • Support({b, d}) = 70/220 ≈ 0.318
  • Support({b, d, e}) = 50/220 ≈ 0.227

Using these, the confidence of rules are:

Confidence({b, d} → {e}) = 0.227 / 0.318 ≈ 0.713

Confidence({e} → {b, d}) = 0.227 / 0.364 ≈ 0.623

This approach highlights the impact of aggregation on support and confidence measures and emphasizes their dependence on how data is structured.

Challenges in Mining Association Rules with Item Taxonomy

Mining association rules within hierarchical or taxonomic item structures presents several challenges:

  • Complexity and Scalability: The hierarchy introduces multiple levels, exponentially increasing candidate itemsets and computational complexity.
  • Support Calculation at Different Levels: Defining and computing support for items at various levels requires considering ancestral relationships, potentially diluting or inflating support counts.
  • Candidate Generation and Pruning: Generating candidate itemsets requires respecting hierarchical constraints, complicating pruning strategies typically used in Apriori algorithms.
  • Semantic Interpretability: Ensuring that discovered rules are meaningful and interpretable within the hierarchy structure is difficult, especially when rules involve multiple levels.

Approach 1: Extending Transactions with Ancestors

In this approach, each transaction is extended to include all ancestor items, enriching the data context. For example, a transaction t = {Chips, Cookies} becomes t_ = {Chips, Cookies, Snack Food, Food}. This method captures the hierarchical relationships, allowing the miner to identify frequent itemsets across levels. Calculating support for itemsets up to size 4 with threshold ≥70% involves counting the instances where these extended items co-occur and comparing against total transactions.

Suppose, after extension, the counts for various itemsets are: {Chips, Snack Food} appears in 80 transactions; {Cookies, Snack Food} appears in 75 transactions; and {Chips, Cookies, Snack Food, Food} appears in 72 transactions out of 100 total. The support is then calculated accordingly, identifying frequent itemsets.

Approach 2: Incremental Level-wise Generation

This hierarchical approach begins by generating frequent itemsets at the top-most level, such as "Food" or "Snack Food," and then proceeds to lower levels, like specific snack or beverage items. Candidate itemsets are generated only if their parent itemsets are frequent, leveraging the hierarchy for pruning. For example, candidate {Chips, Diet Soda} is considered only if {Snack Food, Soda} is frequent. This level-by-level approach ensures reduced candidate sets and computational efficiency, focusing on relations that respect the taxonomy.

Support counts obtained through this incremental method facilitate the identification of meaningful rules that align with the taxonomical structure, leading to more semantically relevant patterns.

Data Compression with Vector Quantization

Considering a data set of 220 vectors, each with 32 components, each component represented as a 4-byte value results in a raw storage size of:

220 vectors × 32 components/vector × 4 bytes/component = 28,160 bytes

Utilizing vector quantization with 216 prototype vectors (codebook), the data can be compressed by replacing each vector with the index of its closest prototype. With 216 prototypes, the index requires:

log₂(216) ≈ 7.76 bits, rounded up to 8 bits (1 byte) per vector

Thus, the total compressed storage is:

220 vectors × 1 byte = 220 bytes

Correcting the calculation, since each vector now only takes 1 byte, total storage after compression becomes 220 bytes. The compression ratio is computed as:

Original size / Compressed size = 28,160 / 220 ≈ 128. Sufficiently high, indicating effective compression.

This analysis demonstrates how vector quantization can significantly reduce storage requirements for high-dimensional data.

Conclusion

This comprehensive examination of association rule mining methods, hierarchical itemset handling, and data compression illustrates the complexity and depth involved in practical data analysis. Computing support and confidence under different data representations reveal important nuances and asymmetries. Hierarchical approaches demonstrate the importance of exploiting taxonomical relationships to improve rule relevance and computational efficiency. Lastly, data compression via vector quantization showcases the potential for high-dimensional data management in storage-constrained environments. These insights contribute robust methodologies for advanced data mining and storage optimization tasks.

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