package ca.pfv.spmf.algorithms.sequentialpatterns.BIDE_and_prefixspan; import java.io.BufferedWriter; import java.io.FileWriter; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Map.Entry; import java.util.Set; import ca.pfv.spmf.input.sequence_database_list_integers.Sequence; import ca.pfv.spmf.input.sequence_database_list_integers.SequenceDatabase; import ca.pfv.spmf.patterns.itemset_list_integers_without_support.Itemset; import ca.pfv.spmf.tools.MemoryLogger; /*** * This is an implementation of the FSGP algorithm. * FSGP is an algorithm proposed by Yi et al (2011-2012) * * Copyright (c) 2008-2014 Philippe Fournier-Viger * * This file is part of the SPMF DATA MINING SOFTWARE * (http://www.philippe-fournier-viger.com/spmf). * * SPMF is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * SPMF is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with SPMF. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ public class AlgoFSGP{ // for statistics long startTime; long endTime; // relative minimum support public int minsuppRelative; // The set of all sequential patterns that are found private SequentialPatterns patterns = null; List<SequentialPattern> generators = null; // NOTE : DOES NOT INCLUDE EMPTY SEQUENCE // maximum pattern length in terms of item count private int maximumPatternLength = Integer.MAX_VALUE; //number of prefix pruned public int prefixPrunedCount = 0; // indicate if the pruning will be activated or not private boolean performPruning = true; // Note: set by runAlgorithm(..) // if enabled, the result will be verified to see if some patterns found are not generators. boolean DEBUG_MODE = false; /** if true, sequence identifiers of each pattern will be shown*/ boolean showSequenceIdentifiers = false; /** * Default constructor */ public AlgoFSGP(){ } /** * Run the algorithm * @param database : a sequence database * @param minsupPercent : the minimum support as a percentage (e.g. 50%) * @return return the result, if saved into memory, otherwise null * @throws IOException exception if error while writing the file */ public List<SequentialPattern> runAlgorithm(SequenceDatabase database, double minsupPercent, boolean performPruning) throws IOException { if(DEBUG_MODE){ System.out.println(" %%%%%%%%%% DEBUG MODE %%%%%%%%%%"); } this.performPruning = performPruning; // convert to a relative minimum support this.minsuppRelative = (int) Math.ceil(minsupPercent* database.size()); if(this.minsuppRelative == 0){ // protection this.minsuppRelative = 1; } // record start time startTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); // run the algorithm fsgp(database); // filter non generator patterns filterNonGenerator(database); // GeneratorCheck(...) // record end time endTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); // ################################## FOR DEBUGGGING ############################# // ######## THIS CODE CHECK IF A PATTERN FOUND IS NOT A GENERATOR ############## if(DEBUG_MODE) { // CHECK IF SOME PATTERNS ARE NOTE GENERATORS for(SequentialPattern pat1 : generators) { // if this pattern is not the empty set and the support is same as empty set, then it is not a generator if(pat1.size() > 0 && pat1.getAbsoluteSupport() == database.size()) { System.out.println("NOT A GENERATOR !!!!!!!!! " + pat1 + " sup: " + pat1.getAbsoluteSupport() + " because of empty set"); } // otherwise we have to compare with every other patterns. for(SequentialPattern pat2 : generators) { if(pat1 == pat2) { continue; } if(pat1.getAbsoluteSupport() == pat2.getAbsoluteSupport()) { if(strictlyContains(pat1, pat2)) { System.out.println("NOT A GENERATOR !!!!!!!!! " + pat1 + " " + pat2 + " sup: " + pat1.getAbsoluteSupport()); System.out.println(pat1.getAbsoluteSupport() + " " + pat2.getAbsoluteSupport()); } } } } // PRINT ALL THE PATTERNS for(SequentialPattern pattern : generators) { System.out.println(pattern + " #SUP: " + pattern.getAbsoluteSupport()); } // ############################ END OF DEBUGGING CODE ################################ } return generators; } /** * Run the algorithm * @param database : a sequence database * @param minsupPercent : the minimum support as an integer * @param outputFilePath : the path of the output file to save the result * or null if you want the result to be saved into memory * @return return the result, if saved into memory, otherwise null * @throws IOException exception if error while writing the file */ public List<SequentialPattern> runAlgorithm(SequenceDatabase database,int minsup, boolean performPruning) throws IOException { if(DEBUG_MODE){ System.out.println(" %%%%%%%%%% DEBUG MODE %%%%%%%%%%"); } this.performPruning = performPruning; // initialize variables for statistics MemoryLogger.getInstance().reset(); // save the minsup chosen by the user this.minsuppRelative = minsup; // save the start time startTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); // run the algorithm fsgp(database); // filter non generator patterns filterNonGenerator(database); // GeneratorCheck(...) // record end time endTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); return generators; } /** * This method remove all the patterns that are not generators from the set of patterns found. * @param database */ private List<SequentialPattern> filterNonGenerator(SequenceDatabase database) { int emptySequenceSupport = database.size(); // create a new list to store generators generators = new ArrayList<SequentialPattern>(); // THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF THE STEP FOR FILTERING NON GENERATOR // DEPENDING ON IF THE PREFIX PRUNING STRATEGY IS ACTIVATED OR NOT if(performPruning) { // IF THE PRUNING IS ACTIVATED, WE NEED TO COMPARE EACH PATTERN OF SIZE i WITH // EVERY OTHER PATTERNS OF SIZE < i WITH THE SAME SUPPORT // for patterns of size i=0 to the maximum size for(int i=1; i< patterns.levels.size(); i++){ // for each pattern of size i patLoop: for(SequentialPattern pattern : patterns.levels.get(i)) { if(pattern.getItemsets().size() ==1 && pattern.get(0).size() == 3 && pattern.get(0).get(0) == 1 && pattern.get(0).get(1) == 2 && pattern.get(0).get(2) == 3) { System.out.println("TEST"); } //if the pattern has size 0, if the pattern has the same support // as the empty sequence, it is not a generator, so we remove it. if(pattern.getAbsoluteSupport() == emptySequenceSupport) { continue patLoop; }else { // if there is such a sub-pattern of the current pattern with size < i with the same support // then the current pattern is not a generator for(int j = 1; j < i; j++) { List<SequentialPattern> levelJ = patterns.levels.get(j); for(SequentialPattern pattern2 : levelJ) { if(pattern2.getAbsoluteSupport() == pattern.getAbsoluteSupport() && strictlyContains(pattern, pattern2)) { continue patLoop; } } } } // if the pattern is a generator generators.add(pattern); } } }else { // IF THE PRUNING IS NOT ACTIVATED, WE ONLY NEED TO COMPARE EACH PATTERN OF SIZE i WITH // PATTERNS OF SIZE i-1 WITH THE SAME SUPPORT // for patterns of size i=0 to the maximum size for(int i=1; i< patterns.levels.size(); i++){ // for each pattern of size i patLoop: for(SequentialPattern pattern : patterns.levels.get(i)) { //if the pattern has size 0, if the pattern has the same support // as the empty sequence, it is not a generator, so we remove it. if(pattern.getAbsoluteSupport() == emptySequenceSupport) { continue patLoop; }else { // if there is such a sub-pattern ofthe current pattern with size i-1 with the same support // then the current pattern is not a generator for(SequentialPattern pattern2 : patterns.levels.get(i-1)) { if(pattern2.getAbsoluteSupport() == pattern.getAbsoluteSupport() && strictlyContains(pattern, pattern2)) { continue patLoop; } } } // if the pattern is a generator generators.add(pattern); } } } // add the empty sequence ############################# TODO //########################### TODO #################### // SequentialPattern emptySequence = new SequentialPattern(); // emptySequence.setSequenceIDs(sequencesIds) // generators.add(emptySequence); return generators; } public long getPatternCount() { return generators.size(); // for the empty sequence } /** * Check the pruning property to prune the search space, for the current prefix (pattern). * @param pattern the current prefix. * @param projectedDatabase the projected database for the current prefix. * @return true if the prefix should NOT be pruned */ private boolean pruningCheck(SequentialPattern pattern, List<PseudoSequence> projectedDatabase) { // If this pattern is of size i int i = pattern.size(); // we need to compare this pattern with every pattern of size i -1 loop: for(SequentialPattern pattern2 : patterns.levels.get(i-1)) { // if there is such a pattern of size i-1, // then we remove the current pattern of size i because it is not a generator if(pattern2.getAbsoluteSupport() == pattern.getAbsoluteSupport() && strictlyContains(pattern, pattern2)) { // we need to compare the projected databases for(PseudoSequence pseudoSeq : projectedDatabase) { Sequence originalSequence = pseudoSeq.getOriginalSequence(); if(sameProjection(originalSequence, pattern, pattern2) == false){ continue loop; } } // if the projected databases are the same return false; } } return true; // passed the pruning check } /** * Check if two patterns have the same projection for a given sequence. * @param originalSequence the sequence * @param pattern1 the first pattern * @param pattern2 the second pattern, which is a sub-pattern of the first one * @return true if the patterns have the same pseudo-projection. */ private boolean sameProjection(Sequence originalSequence, SequentialPattern pattern1, SequentialPattern pattern2) { int pat1itemsetPos = 0; int pat1itemPos = 0; int pat2itemsetPos = 0; int pat2itemPos = 0; for(List<Integer> itemset : originalSequence.getItemsets()) { for(Integer item: itemset) { // if match pattern 1 if(item.intValue() == pattern1.getItemsets().get(pat1itemsetPos).get(pat1itemPos)) { pat1itemPos++; if(pattern1.getItemsets().get(pat1itemsetPos).size() == pat1itemPos) { pat1itemsetPos++; pat1itemPos = 0; } } // if match pattern 2 if(item.intValue() == pattern2.getItemsets().get(pat2itemsetPos).get(pat2itemPos)) { pat2itemPos++; if(pattern2.getItemsets().get(pat2itemsetPos).size() == pat2itemPos) { pat2itemsetPos++; pat2itemPos = 0; } } // if completely match pattern 2 then it should also have matched completely pattern 1 if(pat2itemsetPos == pattern2.getItemsets().size()) { // if completely matched pattern 1 if(pat1itemsetPos == pattern1.getItemsets().size()) { // same projected sequence return true; }else { return false; } } } } // should not happen System.out.println("This should never happen"); return false; } /** * This methods checks if a seq. pattern "pattern2" is strictly contained in a seq. pattern "pattern1". * @param pattern1 a sequential pattern * @param pattern2 another sequential pattern * @return true if the pattern1 contains pattern2. */ boolean strictlyContains(SequentialPattern pattern1, SequentialPattern pattern2) { // // if pattern2 is larger or equal in size, then it cannot be contained in pattern1 // if(pattern1.size() <= pattern2.size()){ // return false; // } // To see if pattern2 is strictly contained in pattern1, // we will search for each itemset i of pattern2 in pattern1 by advancing // in pattern 1 one itemset at a time. int i =0; // position in pattern2 int j= 0; // position in pattern1 while(true){ //if the itemset at current position in pattern1 contains the itemset // at current position in pattern2 if(pattern1.get(j).containsAll(pattern2.get(i))){ // go to next itemset in pattern2 i++; // if we reached the end of pattern2, then return true if(i == pattern2.size()){ return true; } } // go to next itemset in pattern1 j++; // if we reached the end of pattern1, then pattern2 is not strictly included // in it, and return false if(j >= pattern1.size()){ return false; } // // lastly, for optimization, we check how many itemsets are left to be matched. // // if there is less itemsets left in pattern1 than in pattern2, then it will // // be impossible to get a total match, and so we return false. if((pattern1.size() - j) < pattern2.size() - i){ return false; } } } /** * This is the main method for the PrefixSpan algorithm that is called * to start the algorithm * @param outputFilePath an output file path if the result should be saved to a file * or null if the result should be saved to memory. * @param database a sequence database * @throws IOException exception if an error while writing the output file */ private void fsgp(SequenceDatabase database) throws IOException{ // if the user want to keep the result into memory patterns = new SequentialPatterns("SEQUENTIAL GENERATOR PATTERNS"); // We have to scan the database to find all frequent sequential patterns of size 1. // We note the sequences in which the items appear. Map<Integer, Set<Integer>> mapSequenceID = findSequencesContainingItems(database); // WE CONVERT THE DATABASE ITON A PSEUDO-DATABASE, AND REMOVE // THE ITEMS OF SIZE 1 THAT ARE NOT FREQUENT, SO THAT THE ALGORITHM // WILL NOT CONSIDER THEM ANYMORE. // Create a list of pseudosequence List<PseudoSequence> initialDatabase = new ArrayList<PseudoSequence>(); // for each sequence in the database for(Sequence sequence : database.getSequences()){ // remove infrequent items Sequence optimizedSequence = sequence.cloneSequenceMinusItems(mapSequenceID, minsuppRelative); if(optimizedSequence.size() != 0){ // if the size is > 0, create a pseudo sequence with this sequence initialDatabase.add(new PseudoSequence(optimizedSequence, 0, 0)); } } // For each item for(Entry<Integer, Set<Integer>> entry : mapSequenceID.entrySet()){ // if the item is frequent (has a support >= minsup) if(entry.getValue().size() >= minsuppRelative){ Integer item = entry.getKey(); // Create the prefix for this projected database SequentialPattern prefix = new SequentialPattern(); prefix.addItemset(new Itemset(item)); prefix.setSequenceIDs(entry.getValue()); // The prefix is a frequent sequential pattern. // We save it in the result. savePattern(prefix, 1); // build the projected database for that item List<PseudoSequence> projectedContext = buildProjectedDatabaseForSingleItem(item, initialDatabase, entry.getValue()); // We make a recursive call to try to find larger sequential // patterns starting with this prefix if(maximumPatternLength >1){ recursion(prefix, projectedContext, 2); } } } } /** * This method saves a sequential pattern to the output file or * in memory, depending on if the user provided an output file path or not * when he launched the algorithm * @param prefix the pattern to be saved. * @throws IOException exception if error while writing the output file. */ private void savePattern(SequentialPattern prefix, int itemCount) throws IOException { // increase the number of pattern found for statistics purposes patterns.addSequence(prefix, itemCount); } /** * For each item, calculate the sequence id of sequences containing that item * @param database the current sequence database * @return Map of items to sequence IDs that contains each item */ private Map<Integer, Set<Integer>> findSequencesContainingItems(SequenceDatabase database) { // We use a map to store the sequence IDs where an item appear // Key : item Value : a set of sequence IDs Map<Integer, Set<Integer>> mapSequenceID = new HashMap<Integer, Set<Integer>>(); // for each sequence in the current database for(Sequence sequence : database.getSequences()){ // for each itemset in this sequence for(List<Integer> itemset : sequence.getItemsets()){ // for each item for(Integer item : itemset){ // get the set of sequence IDs for this item until now Set<Integer> sequenceIDs = mapSequenceID.get(item); if(sequenceIDs == null){ // if the set does not exist, create one sequenceIDs = new HashSet<Integer>(); mapSequenceID.put(item, sequenceIDs); } // add the sequence ID of the current sequence to the // set of sequences IDs of this item sequenceIDs.add(sequence.getId()); } } } return mapSequenceID; } /** * Create a projected database by pseudo-projection with the initial database and a given item. * @param item The item to use to make the pseudo-projection * @param initialDatabase The current database. * @param sidSet The set of sequence ids containing the item * @return the projected database. */ private List<PseudoSequence> buildProjectedDatabaseForSingleItem(Integer item, List<PseudoSequence> initialDatabase,Set<Integer> sidSet) { // We create a new projected database List<PseudoSequence> sequenceDatabase = new ArrayList<PseudoSequence>(); // for each sequence in the database received as parameter for(PseudoSequence sequence : initialDatabase){ // if this sequence do not contain the current prefix, then skip it. if(!sidSet.contains(sequence.getId())){ continue; } // for each itemset of the sequence for(int i = 0; i< sequence.size(); i++){ // check if the itemset contains the item that is used for the projection int index = sequence.indexOfBis(i, item); // if it does not, and the current item is part of a suffix if inSuffix is true // and vice-versa if(index == -1 ){ continue; } // if the item is the last item of this itemset if(index == sequence.getSizeOfItemsetAt(i)-1){ // if it is not the last itemset if ((i != sequence.size()-1)){ // create new pseudo sequence // add it to the projected database. sequenceDatabase.add(new PseudoSequence( sequence, i+1, 0)); } }else{ // create a new pseudo sequence and // add it to the projected database. sequenceDatabase.add(new PseudoSequence(sequence, i, index+1)); } } } // // for(PseudoSequence seq : sequenceDatabase){ // System.out.println(seq); // System.out.println("original seq: " + seq.sequence); // } // return sequenceDatabase; // return the projected database } /** * Create a projected database by pseudo-projection * @param item The item to use to make the pseudo-projection * @param database The current sequence database. * @param inPostFix This boolean indicates if the item "item" is part of a suffix or not. * @param sidset the set of sequence IDs of sequence containing this item * @return the projected database. */ private List<PseudoSequence> buildProjectedDatabase(Integer item, List<PseudoSequence> database, Set<Integer> sidset, boolean inPostFix) { // We create a new projected database List<PseudoSequence> sequenceDatabase = new ArrayList<PseudoSequence>(); // for each sequence in the database received as parameter for(PseudoSequence sequence : database){ if(sidset.contains(sequence.getId()) == false){ continue; } // for each itemset of the sequence for(int i = 0; i< sequence.size(); i++){ if (sequence.isPostfix(i) != inPostFix){ // if the item is not in a postfix, but this itemset // is a postfix, then we can continue scanning from the next itemset continue; } // check if the itemset contains the item that we use for the projection int index = sequence.indexOfBis(i, item); // if it does not, move to next itemset if(index == -1 ){ continue; } // if the item is the last item of this itemset if(index == sequence.getSizeOfItemsetAt(i)-1){ // if it is not the last itemset if ((i != sequence.size()-1)){ // create new pseudo sequence // add it to the projected database. sequenceDatabase.add(new PseudoSequence( sequence, i+1, 0)); //System.out.println(sequence.getId() + "--> "+ newSequence.toString()); // break itemsetLoop; } }else{ // create a new pseudo sequence and // add it to the projected database. sequenceDatabase.add(new PseudoSequence(sequence, i, index+1)); //System.out.println(sequence.getId() + "--> "+ newSequence.toString()); // break itemsetLoop; } } } return sequenceDatabase; // return the projected database } /** * Method to recursively grow a given sequential pattern. * @param prefix the current sequential pattern that we want to try to grow * @param database the current projected sequence database * @param k the prefix length in terms of items * @throws IOException exception if there is an error writing to the output file */ private void recursion(SequentialPattern prefix, List<PseudoSequence> database, int k) throws IOException { // find frequent items of size 1 in the current projected database. Set<Pair> pairs = findAllFrequentPairs(database); // For each pair found (a pair is an item with a boolean indicating if it // appears in an itemset that is cut (a postfix) or not, and the sequence IDs // where it appears in the projected database). for(Pair pair : pairs){ // if the item is frequent in the current projected database if(pair.getCount() >= minsuppRelative){ // create the new postfix by appending this item to the prefix SequentialPattern newPrefix; // if the item is part of a postfix if(pair.isPostfix()){ // we append it to the last itemset of the prefix newPrefix = appendItemToPrefixOfSequence(prefix, pair.getItem()); }else{ // else, we append it as a new itemset to the sequence newPrefix = appendItemToSequence(prefix, pair.getItem()); } newPrefix.setSequenceIDs(pair.getSequenceIDs()); // build the projected database with this item List<PseudoSequence> projectedDatabase = buildProjectedDatabase(pair.getItem(), database, pair.getSequenceIDs(), pair.isPostfix()); // check if this prefix should be pruned boolean passedPruningCheck = !performPruning || pruningCheck(newPrefix, projectedDatabase); // if it should not be pruned if(passedPruningCheck) { // save the prefix savePattern(newPrefix, k); // make a recursive call if( k < maximumPatternLength){ recursion(newPrefix, projectedDatabase, k+1); } }else { prefixPrunedCount++; } } } // check the current memory usage MemoryLogger.getInstance().checkMemory(); } /** * Method to find all frequent items in a projected sequence database * @param sequences the set of sequences * @return A list of pairs, where a pair is an item with (1) a boolean indicating if it * is in an itemset that is "cut" and (2) the sequence IDs where it occurs. */ protected Set<Pair> findAllFrequentPairs(List<PseudoSequence> sequences){ // We use a Map the store the pairs. Map<Pair, Pair> mapPairs = new HashMap<Pair, Pair>(); // for each sequence for(PseudoSequence sequence : sequences){ // for each itemset for(int i=0; i< sequence.size(); i++){ // for each item for(int j=0; j < sequence.getSizeOfItemsetAt(i); j++){ Integer item = sequence.getItemAtInItemsetAt(j, i); // create the pair corresponding to this item Pair pair = new Pair(sequence.isPostfix(i), item); // get the pair object store in the map if there is one already Pair oldPair = mapPairs.get(pair); // if there is no pair object yet if(oldPair == null){ // store the pair object that we created mapPairs.put(pair, pair); }else{ // otherwise use the old one pair = oldPair; } // record the current sequence id for that pair pair.getSequenceIDs().add(sequence.getId()); } } } MemoryLogger.getInstance().checkMemory(); // check the memory for statistics. // return the map of pairs return mapPairs.keySet(); } /** * This method creates a copy of the sequence and add a given item * as a new itemset to the sequence. * It sets the support of the sequence as the support of the item. * @param prefix the sequence * @param item the item * @return the new sequence */ private SequentialPattern appendItemToSequence(SequentialPattern prefix, Integer item) { SequentialPattern newPrefix = prefix.cloneSequence(); // isSuffix newPrefix.addItemset(new Itemset(item)); return newPrefix; } /** * This method creates a copy of the sequence and add a given item * to the last itemset of the sequence. * It sets the support of the sequence as the support of the item. * @param prefix the sequence * @param item the item * @return the new sequence */ private SequentialPattern appendItemToPrefixOfSequence(SequentialPattern prefix, Integer item) { SequentialPattern newPrefix = prefix.cloneSequence(); Itemset itemset = newPrefix.get(newPrefix.size()-1); // add to the last itemset itemset.addItem(item); return newPrefix; } /** * Print statistics about the algorithm execution to System.out. * @param size the size of the database */ public void printStatistics(int size) { StringBuilder r = new StringBuilder(200); r.append("============= FSGP - STATISTICS =============\n Total time ~ "); r.append(endTime - startTime); r.append(" ms\n"); r.append(" Frequent sequences count : " + getPatternCount()); r.append(" + 1 (the empty sequence) "); r.append('\n'); r.append(" Max memory (mb) : " ); r.append(" Prefix pruned count: " + prefixPrunedCount); r.append(MemoryLogger.getInstance().getMaxMemory()); r.append('\n'); r.append("===================================================\n"); // print the result // int patternCount = 0; // for(SequentialPattern sequence : generators){ // patternCount++; // r.append(" pattern "); // r.append(patternCount); // r.append(": "); // r.append(sequence.toString()); // r.append("support : "); // r.append(sequence.getRelativeSupportFormated(size)); // r.append(" (" ); // r.append(sequence.getAbsoluteSupport()); // r.append('/'); // r.append(size); // r.append("\n"); // } System.out.println(r.toString()); } /** * Get the maximum length of patterns to be found (in terms of item count) * @return the maximumPatternLength */ public int getMaximumPatternLength() { return maximumPatternLength; } /** * Set the maximum length of patterns to be found (in terms of item count) * @param maximumPatternLength the maximumPatternLength to set */ public void setMaximumPatternLength(int maximumPatternLength) { this.maximumPatternLength = maximumPatternLength; } /** * Write the result to an output file * @param path the output file path * @throws IOException exception if an error occur when writing the file. */ public void writeResultTofile(String path) throws IOException { BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(path)); Iterator<SequentialPattern> iter = generators.iterator(); while (iter.hasNext()) { SequentialPattern pattern = (SequentialPattern) iter.next(); StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(); // for each itemset in this sequential pattern for(Itemset itemset : pattern.getItemsets()){ // for each item for(Integer item : itemset.getItems()){ buffer.append(item.toString()); // add the item buffer.append(' '); } buffer.append("-1 "); // add the itemset separator } // write separator buffer.append(" #SUP: "); // write support buffer.append(pattern.getAbsoluteSupport()); // write sequence identifiers if(showSequenceIdentifiers) { buffer.append(" #SID: "); for (Integer sid: pattern.getSequenceIDs()) { buffer.append(sid); buffer.append(" "); } } writer.write(buffer.toString()); writer.newLine(); // System.out.println(buffer); } writer.close(); } /** * Set that the sequence identifiers should be shown (true) or not (false) for each * pattern found * @param showSequenceIdentifiers true or false */ public void setShowSequenceIdentifiers(boolean showSequenceIdentifiers) { this.showSequenceIdentifiers = showSequenceIdentifiers; } }