Jiang, Zhonghua2013-03-272013-03-272013-02https://hdl.handle.net/11299/146789University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. February 2013. Major: Computer Science. Advisor: George Karypis. 1 computer file (PDF); x, 112 pages, appendices A-B.en-USAssociation ruleAssociative classificationAssociative regressionEM algorithmInstance based approachPruning strategyA novel predictive modeling framework: combining association rule discovery with EM algorithmThesis or Dissertation