Data, Information and Knowledge Visualization for Frequent Patterns

In the current fast information-technological world, data are kept growing bigger. Big data refer to the data flow of huge volume, high velocity, wide variety, and different levels of veracity. Embedded in these big data are implicit, previously unknown, but valuable information and knowledge. With huge volumes of information and knowledge that can be discovered by techniques like data mining, a challenge is to validate and visualize the data mining results. To validate data for better data aggregation in estimation and prediction and for establishing trustworthy artificial intelligence, the synergy of visualization models and data mining strategies are needed. Hence, in this paper, we present a solution for data, information and knowledge visualization for frequently occurring patterns. Our solution transforms textual frequent patterns into their equivalent but more comprehendible graphical representations with important information: frequency distribution. The solution reveals interesting information and valuable knowledge mined from the transactional databases in various applications and services. Evaluation with real-life data demonstrates the effectiveness and practicality of our solution in visualizing data and information of the discovered frequent patterns.