System and method for exploring mining spaces with multiple attributes

摘要

Data with multiple attributes are separated into groups by performing at least the following steps for each group to be defined: (1) selecting a first subset of the attributes to be first attributes; and (2) selecting a second subset of the attributes to be second attributes. Patterns that occur a predetermined number of times in the data are determined by using the groups. A third part of a definition for a group includes the number of records having the group and item attributes. Groups are sorted into levels and each group has a number of predecessor relationships and a number of successor relationships with other groups. The groups then provide a mining space describing the data, and the groups are termed “mining camps.” The mining camps are searched for patterns that occur a predetermined number of times. The searching determines predecessor relationships and uses the predecessor relationships to speed processing.