Ordering Policy Estimation for High Utility Item-Sets Considering Negative Item Values in Large Databases

Utility mining with negative item values has recently received interest in the data mining field due to its practical considerations. Previously, the values of utility item-sets have been taken into consideration as positive. However, in real-world applications, an item-set may be related to negative item values. This paper presents a method for redesigning the ordering policy by including high utility item-sets with negative items. Initially, utility mining algorithm is used to find high utility item-sets. Then, ordering policy is estimated for high utility items considering defective and non-defective items. A numerical example is illustrated to validate the results.