16. The method recited in claim 14, of further comprising: determining whether sets contained in the large itemsets satisfy the predefined constraints; generating a set of candidate itemsets including large itemsets which satisfy the predefined constraints; and using the set of candidate itemsets to output the association rules.
16. The method recited in claim 14, of further comprising: determining whether sets contained in the large itemsets satisfy the predefined constraints; generating a set of candidate itemsets including large itemsets which satisfy the predefined constraints; and using the set of candidate itemsets to output the association rules. 17. The method recited in claim 16, the outputting association rules including pruning non-interesting association rules.