• The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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• v.12D no.6 s.102
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• pp.807-816
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• 2005

Sequential pattern mining finds all of the frequent sequences satisfying a minimum support threshold in a large database. However, when mining long frequent sequences, or when using very low support thresholds, the performance of currently reported algorithms often degrades dramatically. In this paper, we propose a novel sequential pattern algorithm using only closed frequent sequences which are small subset of very large frequent sequences. Our algorithm generates the candidate sequences by depth-first search strategy in order to effectively prune. using bitmap representation of underlying databases, we can effectively calculate supports in terms of bit operations and prune sequences in much less time. Performance study shows that our algorithm outperforms the previous algorithms.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.25 no.A
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• pp.163-173
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• 2005

Recent sequential pattern mining algorithms mine all of the frequent sequences satisfying a minimum support threshold in a large database. However, when a frequent sequence becomes very long, such mining will generate an explosive number of frequent sequence, which is prohibitively expensive in time. In this paper, we proposed a novel sequential pattern algorithm using only closed frequent sequences which are small subset of very large frequent sequences. Our algorithm extends the sequence by depth-first search strategy with effective pruning. Using bitmap representation of underlying databases, we can obtain a closed frequent sequence considerably faster than the currently reported methods.