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SaM finds frequent, closed, and maximal item sets using a split and merge algorithm. It excels in structural simplicity and efficient data handling.

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  • Pros

    • Finds frequent, closed, and maximal item sets.
    • Combines depth-first traversal with horizontal transaction representation.
    • Simple and straightforward algorithm structure.
    • Outperforms some algorithms on specific datasets.
    • Uses only a simple array for data structure.

  • Cons

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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
3.0
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2003
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 10
  • Windows NT
  • Windows 98
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows ME
  • Windows 7
Additional Requirements
None
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
425
Downloads Last Week
3
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Developer’s Description

By Christian Borgelt
Find frequent item sets using the split and merge algorithm.
SaM is a program to find frequent item sets (also closed and maximal) with a split and merge algorithm (Split and Merge), which combines a depth-first traversal of the subset lattice with a horizontal transaction representation. The main strength of this algorithm is not its speed (although it is not slow, but even outperforms apriori and eclat on some data sets), but the simplicity of its structure. Basically all the work is done in one recursive function of about fairly few lines of code. In addition, it only uses a simple array as the only data structure.
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