About algorithm

Apriori is an algorithm for frequent item set mining and association rule learning over transactional databases. It proceeds by identifying the frequent individual items in the database and extending them to larger and larger item sets as long as those item sets appear sufficiently often in the database. The frequent item sets determined by Apriori can be used to determine association rules which highlight general trends in the database: this has applications in domains such as market basket analysis. Wikipedia

Usage

First step:

include 'class.apriori.php';
$Apriori = new Apriori();

Methods: setMaxScan(int), setMinSup(int), setMinConf(int), setDelimiter(string), getMinSup(void), getMinConf(void), getMaxScan(void), getDelimiter(void), process(string or array), printFreqItemsets(void), getFreqItemsets(void), printAssociationRules(void), getAssociationRules(void), saveFreqItemsets(string), saveAssociationRules(string)

Initialize

Initialize options:

$Apriori->setMaxScan(20);       //Scan 2, 3, ...
$Apriori->setMinSup(2);         //Minimum support 1, 2, 3, ...
$Apriori->setMinConf(75);       //Minimum confidence - Percent 1, 2, ..., 100
$Apriori->setDelimiter(',');    //Delimiter

Example

minSup = 2, minConf = 75(%)

Dataset

dataset.txt

A, B, C, D
A, D, C
B, C
A, E, C

Coding

<?php
include 'class.apriori.php';
 
$Apriori = new Apriori();
 
$Apriori->setMaxScan(20);       //Scan 2, 3, ...
$Apriori->setMinSup(2);         //Minimum support 1, 2, 3, ...
$Apriori->setMinConf(75);       //Minimum confidence - Percent 1, 2, ..., 100
$Apriori->setDelimiter(',');    //Delimiter 
 
/*
Use Array:
$dataset   = array();
$dataset[] = array('A', 'B', 'C', 'D');
$dataset[] = array('A', 'D', 'C');
$dataset[] = array('B', 'C');
$dataset[] = array('A', 'E', 'C');
$Apriori->process($dataset);
*/
$Apriori->process('dataset.txt');
 
//Frequent Itemsets
echo '<h1>Frequent Itemsets</h1>';
$Apriori->printFreqItemsets();
 
echo '<h3>Frequent Itemsets Array</h3>';
print_r($Apriori->getFreqItemsets());
 
//Association Rules
echo '<h1>Association Rules</h1>';
$Apriori->printAssociationRules();
 
echo '<h3>Association Rules Array</h3>';
print_r($Apriori->getAssociationRules());
 
//Save to file
$Apriori->saveFreqItemsets('freqItemsets.txt');
$Apriori->saveAssociationRules('associationRules.txt');
?>

Result

Frequent Itemsets
Time: 0 second(s)
===============================================================================
{B,C} = 2
{A,C,D} = 2
Frequent Itemsets Array
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [sup] => 2
            [0] => B
            [1] => C
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [sup] => 2
            [0] => A
            [1] => C
            [2] => D
        )

)
Association Rules
Time: 0 second(s)
===============================================================================
B => C = 100%
D => C = 100%
D => A = 100%
D => A,C = 100%
C => A = 75%
A => C = 100%
A,D => C = 100%
C,D => A = 100%
Association Rules Array
Array
(
    [B] => Array
        (
            [C] => 100
        )

    [D] => Array
        (
            [C] => 100
            [A] => 100
            [A,C] => 100
        )

    [C] => Array
        (
            [A] => 75
        )

    [A] => Array
        (
            [C] => 100
        )

    [A,D] => Array
        (
            [C] => 100
        )

    [C,D] => Array
        (
            [A] => 100
        )

)