# Incremental Algorithm for Association Rule Mining under Dynamic Threshold
## 4 The Proposed Algorithm
Otherwise, the entire itemset must be initialized and built from scratch. As for the second scenario, both the (generate candidates) and (get itemset) methods are applied, as given in Algorithms 4 and 5, respectively. Otherwise, the (update Ln itemset) is executed, as detailed in Algorithm 7. The algorithm should have a full itemset in this step. Based on the ARM concept, threshold is required. Hence, the next step is to apply minsupp in the get frequent itemset, as portrayed in Algorithm 8, to isolate all the itemsets that satisfy the \(Minsupp\) threshold. Finally, as a result of the previous step, the algorithm can generate the final output of the entire process, which is the association rule set. ```
**Algorithm 1**Apriori Main Body. ``` \(L_{n}\gets read(L_{n})\) \(ProperTransactionList(LTA,LTU,LTD,LogF,KD)\) \(DiscardTransaction(LTU,LTD)\) \(L_{1}\gets GetL_{1}Items()\); If\(L_{n}=Null\)do { \(C_{L}\gets GenerateCandidate(L_{n})\); \(L_{n}\gets GetItemset(C_{L})\); } while\(C_{L}!Empty\) else \(updateL_{n}Itemset(L_{n},L_{1})\); \(L_{f}\gets GetFrequentist(Minsup,L_{n})\); \(rule\gets StrongRules(Minconf,L_{f})\); ```
**Algorithm 2**Apriori- Discard Transaction Function. ``` \(\text{\bf{ForEach}}(iteminL_{n})\) \(\text{\bf{ForEach}}(TIDin(LTU,LTD))\) \(\text{\bf{If}}(item.transaction.exist(TID))\) { \(item.support--\); \(item.transaction.remove(TID)\); } ```
**Algorithm 3**Apriori- \(GetL_{1}ItemsFunction\). ``` \(\text{\bf{Itemset}}\leftarrow\text{\bf{Database}}.GetItem()\); \(\text{\bf{ForEach}}(IteminItemset)\) { \(Item.Transaction\gets Database.Read(tidcontainsItem)\); \(L_{1}.merge(item)\); \(Item.transaction.remove(tid)\); } ```
**Algorithm 4**Apriori- Generate candidates function. ``` \(\text{\bf{ForEach}}(IteminL_{n})\) { \(Candidateitem.itemset=L_{n}[Item.Location].itemset\cup L_{n}[Item.Location+1].itemset\) \(Candidateitem.Transaction=L_{n}[Item.Location].TList\cup L_{n}[Item.Location+1].TList\) \(Candidateitem.support=L_{n}[Item.Location].TList\cup L_{n}[Item.Location+1].TList\) \(C_{L}.add(candidateitem)\); } ```
**Algorithm 5**Apriori- \(GetL_{1}ItemsFunction\). ``` \(\text{\bf{ForEach}}(IteminL_{n})\) \(\text{\bf{ForEach}}(TIDin(LTU,LTD))\) \(\text{\bf{If}}(item.transaction.exist(TID


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ForEach(Item in \(C_{L}\)) IF\((Item.support>0)\) \(L_{n+1}.merge(item)\);
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**Algorithm 5**IAPriori--get itemset function. One fundamental method for the proposed algorithm is the Proper Transaction List, as displayed in Algorithm 6. This method gathers the transaction ID, which has been manipulated. The data for this method derive from the log file of the database management system (Log F) and the KD, which signify the latest date for updating the knowledge. This method generates three transaction ID lists for the transactions that have been manipulated after the KD date. The first list gathers the transactions IDs that have been added to the mined database (LTA), while the second list updates the transactions IDs (LTU), and the third list deletes transactions IDs (LTD). All log F records are collected using this method, and the transactions IDs are categorized on the list based on the manipulation operation type stored in the log file for each record. ```
\(OpenFile(LogP)\); ForEach(\(rowinLogF|row.date>KD\)) if\((row.actionType=add)\) \(LTA.add(row.TID)\); Elseif\((row.actionType=update)\) \(LTU.add(row.TID)\); Elseif\((row.actionType=Del)\) \(LTD.add(row.TID)\);
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**Algorithm 6**IAPriori--proper transaction list function. Table 2 presents the sample from log file records. The latest changes on the database can be identified by using this log file. Upon detecting the changes made to the transactions, it facilitates mining to target the affected transactions. Typically, a log file is built in the management system to monitor changes that occur in the database. This database management system registers any operation that takes place in the database. Otherwise, a log file is created. Algorithm 2 shows a vital feature of IAPriori, which is the discard transaction method.