An Improved Data Mining Method Applied to the Search of Relationship between Metabolic Syndrome and Lifestyles

A data cutting and sorting method (DCSM) is proposed to optimize the performance of data mining. DCSM reduces the calculation time by getting rid of redundant data during the data mining process. In addition, DCSM minimizes the computational units by splitting the database and by sorting data with support counts. In the process of searching for the relationship between metabolic syndrome and lifestyles with the health examination database of an electronics manufacturing company, DCSM demonstrates higher search efficiency than the traditional Apriori algorithm in tests with different support counts.

Authors:

• Yi Chao Huang
• Yu Ling Liao
• Chiu Shuang Lin

Keywords:

• Data mining
• Data cutting and sorting method
• Apriori algorithm
• Metabolic syndrome

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