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The Intuition Behind the Apriori Algorithm

The Intuition Behind the Apriori Algorithm

Analyzing shopping trends is a pretty big deal in data science, and market-basket analysis is one way in which that’s done. Techniques in…
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Hash Functions for Data Mining

Hash Functions for Data Mining

Hash functions are fundamental in data mining. Understanding them is key to grasping many important tools and algorithms.
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Further Exploration of Association Rules

Further Exploration of Association Rules

A quick proof on the interest of independent itemsets.
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Finding Meaningful Associations in Retail Data

Finding Meaningful Associations in Retail Data

Digging into metrics that indicate relevance.
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Memory usage of PCY vs. Apriori Algorithms

Memory usage of PCY vs. Apriori Algorithms

Finding the break-even point in terms of memory usage
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Retail Analysis Challenge

Retail Analysis Challenge

This post introduces a quick challenge intended to help data science candidates prepare for job interviews. It includes an associated…
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Thanks for reading, Sarah!

Choosing a support threshold is contextual, and there are several things that may factor into the decision. Typically, the threshold is…
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