Market Basket Analysis with R

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![Author][] Posted by [Salem][] on March 19, 2014

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![http://www.paulshealthblog.com/2012/05/customers-who-bought-this-item-also.html][http_www.paulshealthblog.com_2012_05_customers-who-bought-this-item-also.html]

[Source: Paul’s Health Blog][Source_ Paul_s Health Blog]

## Association Rules ##

There are many ways to see the similarities between items. These are techniques that fall under the general umbrella ofassociation. The outcome of this type of technique, in simple terms, is a set of rules that can be understood as “if this, then that”.

## Applications ##

So what kind of items are we talking about?  
There are many applications of association:

*  Product recommendation – like Amazon’s “customers who bought that, also bought this”
 *  Music recommendations – like Last FM’s artist recommendations
 *  Medical diagnosis – like with diabetes [really cool stuff][]
 *  Content optimisation – like in magazine websites or blogs

In this post we will focus on the retail application – it is simple, intuitive, and the dataset comes packaged with R making it repeatable.

## The Groceries Dataset ##

Imagine 10000 receipts sitting on your table. Each receipt represents a transaction with items that were purchased. The receipt is a representation of stuff that went into a customer’s basket – and therefore ‘Market Basket Analysis’.

That is exactly what the Groceries Data Set contains: a collection of receipts with each line representing 1 receipt and the items purchased. Each line is called a transaction and each column in a row represents anitem. You can download the [Groceries data set][] to take a look at it, but this is not a necessary step.

## A little bit of Math ##

We already discussed the concept of Items and Item Sets.

We can represent our items as an item set as follows:

I =  \{  i 1,i 2,…,i n  \}

Therefore a transaction is represented as follows:

t n =  \{  i j,i k,…,i n  \}

This gives us our rules which are represented as follows:

\{  i 1,i 2 \} =>  \{  i k \}

Which can be read as “if a user buys an item in the item set on the left hand side, then the user will likely buy the item on the right hand side too”. A more human readable example is:

\{ coffee,sugar \} =>  \{ milk \}

If a customer buys coffee and sugar, then they are also likely to buy milk.

With this we can understand three important ratios; the support, confidence and lift. We describe the significance of these in the following bullet points, but if you are interested in a formal mathematical definition you can find it on [wikipedia][].

* Support: The fraction of which our item set occurs in our dataset.
 * Confidence: probability that a rule is correct for a new transaction with items on the left.
 * Lift: The ratio by which by the confidence of a rule exceeds the expected confidence.  
 Note: if the lift is 1 it indicates that the items on the left and right are independent.
 
 ## Apriori Recommendation with R ##
 
 So lets get started by loading up our libraries and data set.
 
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 [![Apriori Item Frequency][]][Apriori Item Frequency 1]
 
 We are now ready to mine some rules! 
 You will always have to pass the minimum required support and confidence.
 
 * We set the minimum support to 0.001
 * We set the minimum confidence of 0.8
 * We then show the top 5 rules
 
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 butter<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,jam<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=&gt; <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">{
 whole milk<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.0010 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.83 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">3.3
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 soups<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,bottled beer<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=&gt; <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">{
 whole milk<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.0011 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.92 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">3.6</pre> </td> 
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 This reads easily, for example: if someone buys yogurt and cereals, they are 81% likely to buy whole milk too.
 
 We can get summary info. about the rules that give us some interesting information such as:
 
 * The number of rules generated: 410
 * The distribution of rules by length: Most rules are 4 items long
 * The summary of quality measures: interesting to see ranges of support, lift, and confidence.
 * The information on the data mined: total data mined, and minimum parameters.
 
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 rule <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,0,102)">length distribution <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">(lhs <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">+ rhs<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">)<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">: sizes
 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">3 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">4 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">5 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">6 
 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">29 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">229 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">140 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">12 
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 summary of quality measures<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">:
 support conf<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">. lift 
 Min<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">. <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">:<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.00102 Min<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">. <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">:<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.80 Min<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">. <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">: <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">3.1 
 1st Qu<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">.:<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.00102 1st Qu<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">.:<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.83 1st Qu<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">.: <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">3.3 
 Median <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">:<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.00122 Median <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">:<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.85 Median <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">: <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">3.6 
 Mean <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">:<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.00125 Mean <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">:<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.87 Mean <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">: <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">4.0 
 3rd Qu<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">.:<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.00132 3rd Qu<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">.:<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.91 3rd Qu<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">.: <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">4.3 
 Max<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">. <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">:<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.00315 Max<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">. <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">:<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">1.00 Max<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">. <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">:<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">11.2 
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 mining info<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">:
 data n support confidence
 Groceries <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">9835 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.001 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.8</pre> </td> 
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 ## Sorting stuff out ##
 
 The first issue we see here is that the rules are not sorted. Often we will want the most relevant rules first. Lets say we wanted to have the most likely rules. We can easily sort by confidence by executing the following code.
 
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 Now our top 5 output will be sorted by confidence and therefore the most relevant rules appear.
 
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 rice<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,sugar<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=&gt; <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">{
 whole milk<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.0012 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">1 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">3.9
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 canned fish<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,hygiene articles<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=&gt; <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">{
 whole milk<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.0011 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">1 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">3.9
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 butter<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,soft cheese<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,domestic eggs<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=&gt; <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">{
 whole milk<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.0010 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">1 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">3.9</pre> </td> 
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 Rule 4 is perhaps excessively long. Lets say you wanted more concise rules. That is also easy to do by adding a “maxlen” parameter to your apriori function:
 
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 ## Redundancies ##
 
 Sometimes, rules will repeat. Redundancy indicates that one item might be a given. As an analyst you can elect to drop the item from the dataset. Alternatively, you can remove redundant rules generated.
 
 We can eliminate these repeated rules using the follow snippet of code:
 
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 ## Targeting Items ##
 
 Now that we know how to generate rules, limit the output, lets say we wanted to target items to generate rules. There are two types of targets we might be interested in that are illustrated with an example of “whole milk”:
 
 1. What are customers likely to buy before buying whole milk
 2. What are customers likely to buy if they purchase whole milk?
 
 This essentially means we want to set either the Left Hand Side and Right Hand Side. This is not difficult to do with R!
 
 Answering the first question we adjust our apriori() function as follows:
 
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 appearance <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">= list<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">(default<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(255,0,0)">"lhs"<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,rhs<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(255,0,0)">"whole milk"<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">)<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,
 control <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">= list<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">(verbose<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=F<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">)<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">)
 rules<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">&lt;-<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,0,102)">sort<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">(rules<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">, decreasing<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=TRUE<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,by<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(255,0,0)">"confidence"<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">)
 inspect<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">(rules<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">[<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">1<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">:<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">5<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">]<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">)</pre> </td> 
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 The output will look like this:
 
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 <tbody style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline"> 
 <tr style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline"> 
 <td style="margin:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; font-family:inherit; width:677px; padding:0px!important; border:none!important; line-height:normal!important; vertical-align:top!important; background-color:rgb(238,238,238)"> <pre style="font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; margin-top:0px!important; margin-bottom:0px!important; padding:0px 4px!important; border:none!important; font-size:12px!important; line-height:16px!important; width:auto!important; float:none!important; clear:none!important; overflow:visible!important; background:transparent!important"> lhs rhs supp<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">. conf<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">. lift
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 rice<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,sugar<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=&gt; <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">{
 whole milk<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.0012 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">1 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">3.9
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 canned fish<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,hygiene articles<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=&gt; <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">{
 whole milk<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.0011 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">1 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">3.9
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 root vegetables<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,butter<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,rice<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=&gt; <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">{
 whole milk<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.0010 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">1 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">3.9
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 root vegetables<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,whipped<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">/sour cream<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,flour<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=&gt; <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">{
 whole milk<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.0017 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">1 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">3.9
 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">5 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">{
 butter<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,soft cheese<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">, domestic eggs<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=&gt; <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">{
 whole milk<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">} <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">0.0010 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">1 <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">3.9</pre> </td> 
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 Likewise, we can set the left hand side to be “whole milk” and find its antecedents. 
 Note the following:
 
 * We set the confidence to 0.15 since we get no rules with 0.8
 * We set a minimum length of 2 to avoid empty left hand side items
 
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 appearance <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">= list<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">(default<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(255,0,0)">"rhs"<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,lhs<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(255,0,0)">"whole milk"<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">)<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,
 control <span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">= list<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">(verbose<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=F<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">)<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">)
 rules<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">&lt;-<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,0,102)">sort<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">(rules<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">, decreasing<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=TRUE<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">,by<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">=<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(255,0,0)">"confidence"<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">)
 inspect<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">(rules<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">[<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">1<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(51,153,51)">:<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(204,102,204)">5<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">]<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(0,153,0)">)</pre> </td> 
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 Now our output looks like this:
 
 <table style="margin:0px!important; padding:0px!important; border:none!important; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; border-collapse:collapse!important; border-spacing:0px; width:677px"> 
 <tbody style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline"> 
 <tr style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; line-height:inherit; font-family:inherit; vertical-align:baseline"> 
 <td style="margin:0px; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; font-size:undefined; font-family:inherit; width:677px; padding:0px!important; border:none!important; line-height:normal!important; vertical-align:top!important; background-color:rgb(238,238,238)"> <pre style="font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; vertical-align:baseline; margin-top:0px!important; margin-bottom:0px!important; padding:0px 4px!important; border:none!important; font-size:12px!important; line-height:16px!important; width:auto!important; float:none!important; clear:none!important; overflow:visible!important; background:transparent!important"> lhs rhs support confidence lift
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 ## Visualization ##
 
 The last step is visualization. Lets say you wanted to map out the rules in a graph. We can do that with another library called “arulesViz”.
 
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 You will get a nice graph that you can move around to look like this:
 
 [![Rules Graph][]][Rules Graph 1]
 
 ## References ##
 
 * [Snowplow Market Basket Analysis][]
 * [Discovering Knowledge in Data: An Introduction to Data Mining][Discovering Knowledge in Data_ An Introduction to Data Mining]![ir_t_salemara-20_l_as2_o_1_a_0471666572][]
 * [RDatamining.com][]

[Author]: /images/20220722/18001f19d0fc4ceba3664f745b8f95d1.png
[Salem]: http://www.salemmarafi.com/author/salem/
[Comments]: /images/20220722/f321a79ab56845c285ae165019d0a218.png
[60 Comments]: http://www.salemmarafi.com/code/market-basket-analysis-with-r/#comments
[http_www.paulshealthblog.com_2012_05_customers-who-bought-this-item-also.html]: /images/20220722/a28fe9c8d3ec411f876af5855b656a57.png
[Source_ Paul_s Health Blog]: http://www.paulshealthblog.com/2012/05/customers-who-bought-this-item-also.html
[really cool stuff]: http://static.ijcsce.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/IJCSCE110513.pdf
[Groceries data set]: http://www.salemmarafi.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/groceries.csv
[wikipedia]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_%28data_mining%29
[Apriori Item Frequency]: /images/20220722/1869f7193604491e900527ac1c47aaa0.png
[Apriori Item Frequency 1]: http://www.salemmarafi.com/code/market-basket-analysis-with-r/attachment/itemfrequency/
[Rules Graph]: /images/20220722/f998609a410343189d17194499162ad9.png
[Rules Graph 1]: http://www.salemmarafi.com/code/market-basket-analysis-with-r/attachment/rulegraph/
[Snowplow Market Basket Analysis]: http://snowplowanalytics.com/analytics/catalog-analytics/market-basket-analysis-identifying-products-that-sell-well-together.html
[Discovering Knowledge in Data_ An Introduction to Data Mining]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471666572/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0471666572&linkCode=as2&tag=salemara-20
[ir_t_salemara-20_l_as2_o_1_a_0471666572]: http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=salemara-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0471666572
[RDatamining.com]: http://www.rdatamining.com/examples/association-rules