Table 2 Importance of context variable in association rules; Prec = Precipitation, Range = 100–300, S = support of rules, ms = minimum support.

From: An Algorithm of Association Rule Mining for Microbial Energy Prospection

Rules

Parameters

Context

Rule1/T1:is_a (Apd, >=X1)ˆis_a (Pheh, >=X2)ˆdiff_of (Aio.Rps, >X3)ˆcolor_of (soil, Y1) => found (MP, true)

S = 8, ms = 3

Prec = 250

Rule2/T1:is_a (Apd, >=X1)ˆis_a (Pheh, >=X2)ˆdiff_of (Aio.Rps, >X3)ˆcolor_of (soil, Y1)ˆis_a (Ni, >=X3) => found (MP, true)

S = 6, ms = 3

Prec = 250

Rule3/T1:is_a (Apd, >=X1)ˆis_a (Pheh, <=X2)ˆdiff_of (Aio.Rps, >X3)ˆcolor_of (soil, Y1) => found (MP, true)

S = 6, ms = 3

Prec = 450

Rule4/T1:is_a (Apd, >=X1)ˆis_a (Pheh, <=X2)ˆis_a (Aio, >X4)ˆcolor_of (soil, Y1) => found (MP, true)

S = 8, ms = 3

Prec = 370

Rule1/T2:is_a (Apd, >=X1)ˆis_a (Pheh, >=X2)ˆdiff_of (Aio.Rps, >X3)ˆcolor_of (soil, Y1) => found (MP, true)

S = 7, ms = 3

Prec = 250

Rule2/T2:is_a (Apd, >=X1)ˆis_a (Pheh, >=X2)ˆdiff_of (Aio.Rps, >X3)ˆcolor_of (soil, Y1)ˆis_a (Ni, >=X3) => found (MP, true)

S = 4, ms = 3

Prec = 250

Rule3/T2:is_a (Apd, >=X1)ˆis_a (Pheh, >=X2)ˆdiff_of (Aio.Rps, >X3)ˆcolor_of (soil, Y1) => found (MP, true)

S = 4, ms = 3

Prec = 250

Rule1/T3:is_a (Apd, >=X1)ˆis_a (An, >=X5)ˆclose_to (Prospect, rock) => found (MP, true)

S = 6, ms = 3

Prec = 250

Rule2/T3:is_a (Apd, >=X1)ˆis_a (Pheh, <=X2)ˆdiff_of (Aio.Rps, >X3)ˆcolor_of (soil, Y1)ˆis_a (Ni, >=X3) => found (MP, true)

S = 5, ms = 3

Prec = 450

Rule1/T4: is_a (Apd, >=X1)ˆis_a (Pheh, >=X2)ˆdiff_of (Aio.Rps, >X3)ˆcolor_of (soil, Y1) => found (MP, true)

S = 5, ms = 3

Prec = 250

Final Rule Set Rule1:is_a (Apd, >=X1)ˆis_a (Pheh, >=X2)ˆdiff_of (Aio.Rps, >X3)ˆcolor_of (soil, Y1) => found (MP, true)