GARMT: Grouping-Based Association Rule Mining to Predict Future Tables in Database Queries

In modern data management systems, structured query language (SQL) databases, as a mature and stable technology, have become the standard for processing structured data. These databases ensure data integrity through strongly typed schema definitions and support complex transaction management and eff...

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Main Authors: Peixiong He, Libo Sun, Xian Gao, Yi Zhou, Xiao Qin
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-06-01
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Libo Sun
Xian Gao
Yi Zhou
Xiao Qin
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description In modern data management systems, structured query language (SQL) databases, as a mature and stable technology, have become the standard for processing structured data. These databases ensure data integrity through strongly typed schema definitions and support complex transaction management and efficient query processing capabilities. However, data sparsity—where most fields in large table sets remain unused by most queries—leads to inefficiencies in access optimization. We propose a grouping-based approach (GARMT) that partitions SQL queries into fixed-size groups and applies a modified FP-Growth algorithm (GFP-Growth) to identify frequent table access patterns. Experiments on a real-world dataset show that grouping significantly reduces runtime—by up to 40%—compared to the ungrouped baseline while preserving rule relevance. These results highlight the practical value of query grouping for efficient pattern discovery in sparse database environments.
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spelling doaj-art-e0d629b9076f4917a58083b844f1fbd82025-08-20T03:27:30ZengMDPI AGComputers2073-431X2025-06-0114622010.3390/computers14060220GARMT: Grouping-Based Association Rule Mining to Predict Future Tables in Database QueriesPeixiong He0Libo Sun1Xian Gao2Yi Zhou3Xiao Qin4Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USADepartment of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USATSYS School of Computer Science, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA 31907, USATSYS School of Computer Science, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA 31907, USADepartment of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USAIn modern data management systems, structured query language (SQL) databases, as a mature and stable technology, have become the standard for processing structured data. These databases ensure data integrity through strongly typed schema definitions and support complex transaction management and efficient query processing capabilities. However, data sparsity—where most fields in large table sets remain unused by most queries—leads to inefficiencies in access optimization. We propose a grouping-based approach (GARMT) that partitions SQL queries into fixed-size groups and applies a modified FP-Growth algorithm (GFP-Growth) to identify frequent table access patterns. Experiments on a real-world dataset show that grouping significantly reduces runtime—by up to 40%—compared to the ungrouped baseline while preserving rule relevance. These results highlight the practical value of query grouping for efficient pattern discovery in sparse database environments.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/14/6/220SQL databasedata mining
spellingShingle Peixiong He
Libo Sun
Xian Gao
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Xiao Qin
GARMT: Grouping-Based Association Rule Mining to Predict Future Tables in Database Queries
Computers
SQL database
data mining
title GARMT: Grouping-Based Association Rule Mining to Predict Future Tables in Database Queries
title_full GARMT: Grouping-Based Association Rule Mining to Predict Future Tables in Database Queries
title_fullStr GARMT: Grouping-Based Association Rule Mining to Predict Future Tables in Database Queries
title_full_unstemmed GARMT: Grouping-Based Association Rule Mining to Predict Future Tables in Database Queries
title_short GARMT: Grouping-Based Association Rule Mining to Predict Future Tables in Database Queries
title_sort garmt grouping based association rule mining to predict future tables in database queries
topic SQL database
data mining
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/14/6/220
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