Negative association rules
Throughout, we have been focusing on inducing rules indicating the chance of an item being added to the basket, given that there are other items present in the basket. However, knowing the relationship between the absence of an item and the presence of another in the basket can be very important in some applications. These rules are called negative association rules. The association bread implies milk indicates the purchasing behavior of buying milk and bread together. What about the following associations: customers who buy tea do not buy coffee, or customers who buy juice do not buy bottled water? Associations that include negative items (that is, items absent from the transaction) can be as valuable as positive ...
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