Gradual itemsets of the form "the more/less A, the more/less B" summarise data through the description of their internal tendencies, identified as correlation between attribute values. This paper proposes to characterise gradual itemsets, enriching them with an additional clause introduced by the linguistic expression "especially if": they are of the form "the more/less A, the more/less B, especially if J ∈ R", where J is a set of attributes occurring in A ∪ B and R is a set of intervals defined for each attribute in J. The method proposed to automatically extract characterised gradual itemsets is based on appropriate mathematical morphology tools. The paper illustrates the relevance of the proposed approach on a real data set.
Abstract. Gradual itemsets of the form "the more/less A, the more/less B" summarize data through the description of their internal tendencies, identified as correlation between attribute values. This paper proposes to enrich such gradual itemsets by taking into account an acceleration effect, leading to a new type of gradual itemset of the form "the more/less A increases, the more quickly B increases". It proposes an interpretation as convexity constraint imposed on the relation between A and B and a formalization of these accelerated gradual itemsets, as well as evaluation criteria. It illustrates the relevance of the proposed approach on real data.
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