Research Article

Discovery of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescription Patterns Containing Herbal Dosage Based on Multilevel Top-K Weighted Association Rules

Table 4

The mined multilevel Top-5 FWI.

 Level-1 frequent weighted patternsLevel-2 frequent weighted patterns

1-FWIEucommia ulmoides (70.35)15 (34.78)
12 (14.74)
Rehmannia glutinosa (69.02)15 (20.74)
20 (18.90)
Angelica sinensis (64.83)10 (23.41)
15 (20.99)

2-FWIAngelica sinensis and Eucommia ulmoides (52.96)10, 15 (11.79)
15, 15 (10.97)
Eucommia ulmoides and Rehmannia glutinosa (50.88)15, 15 (10.75)
15, 20 (7.20)
Angelica sinensis and Rehmannia glutinosa (45.12)15, 20 (5.36)
15, 15 (4.87)

3-FWIAngelica sinensis, Eucommia ulmoides, and Rehmannia glutinosa (37.79)15, 15, 20 (4.28)
15, 12, 15 (2.85)
Angelica sinensis, Eucommia ulmoides, and Drynaria fortunei (30.89)10, 15, 15 (6.77)
10, 15, 10 (2.99)
Epimedium brevicornu Maxim, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Drynaria fortunei (30.85)15, 15, 15 (4.41)
12, 15, 15 (3.74)

4-FWIEpimedium brevicornu Maxim, Eucommia ulmoides, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Drynaria fortunei (21.90)12, 15, 15, 15 (3.74)
10, 15, 15, 10 (2.68)
Astragalus membranaceus, Angelica sinensis, Eucommia ulmoides, and Drynaria fortunei (20.79)30, 10, 15, 15 (6.77)
20, 15, 12, 15 (2.26)
15, 10, 15, 10 (2.26)
Achyranthes bidentata Blume, Angelica sinensis, Eucommia ulmoides, and Rehmannia glutinosa (20.70)15, 15, 12, 15 (2.26)
15, 15, 15, 20 (1.64)

5-FWIAstragalus membranaceus, Angelica sinensis, Eucommia ulmoides, Cuscuta chinensis Lam, and Drynaria fortunei (15.75)30, 10, 15, 10, 15 (6.77)
15, 09, 12, 12, 09 (2.91)
Epimedium brevicornu Maxim, Angelica sinensis, Miltiorrhiza, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Drynaria fortunei (14.82)10, 10, 25, 15, 10 (2.96)
15, 15, 15, 15, 15 (2.26)
Epimedium brevicornu Maxim, Angelica sinensis, Eucommia ulmoides, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Drynaria fortunei (14.51)15, 15, 12, 15, 15 (2.26)
30, 12, 20, 20, 30 (1.51)