due to the rapid growth of data mining technology, obtaining private data on users through this technology becomes easier. association rules mining is one of the data mining techniques to extract useful patterns in the form of association rules. one of the main problems in applying this technique on databases is the disclosure of sensitive data by endangering security and privacy. hiding the as...

data sanitization is a process that is used to promote the sharing of transactional databases among organizations and businesses, it alleviates concerns for individuals and organizations regarding the disclosure of sensitive patterns. it transforms the source database into a released database so that counterparts cannot discover the sensitive patterns and so data confidentiality is preserved ag...

association rules are among important techniques in data mining which are used for extracting hidden patterns and knowledge in large volumes of data. association rules help individuals and organizations take strategic decisions and improve their business processes. extracted association rules from a database contain important and confidential information that if published, the privacy of indivi...

industrial-scale r&d it projects depend on many sub-technologies which need to be understood and have their risks analysed before the project can begin for their success. when planning such an industrial-scale project, the list of technologies and the associations of these technologies with each other is often complex and form a network. discovery of this network of technologies is time con...

health databases contain a wide scope of clinical data to explore relationships and patterns that can lead to new medical knowledge.today, the emergence of integrated information systems and growth of information technologies have better highlighted the importance of such databases. data mining is among the technological advances toward data management whose integration with traditional methods...