METHOD, IMPLEMENTED BY COMPUTER, FOR SEARCHING FOR RULES OF ASSOCIATION IN A DATABASE

摘要

The invention pertains to a method, implemented by a processing unit of a computer and/or by a programmable or reprogrammable logic circuit, for searching for rules of association in a database. The database comprises a list of instances each exhibiting a set of real numerical values taken by a predetermined number of variables. The method comprises the following steps: - the selection (20) of a set of NI input variables from among the variables of the list of instances, said set of NI variables defining a space of dimension NI; and the selection (22) of an output variable from among the remaining variables; - the ordering (24), for each input variable of the selected list of instances, of the numerical values of the instances for this variable, each instance then being defined by a set of ranks, and being represented by a point in said space of dimension NI; - the definition (26) of at least one modality for the selected output variable; - the exploration (32), in sub-spaces of the space of dimension NI, of right convex regions; - the selection (34), from among said explored right convex regions, of regions of interest.