Pharmacy robotic dispensing and planogram analysis using association rule mining with prescription data

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Highlights：

• Knowledge is discovered from mining prescriptions’ database.

• Association rule mining is used to capture the associations among drugs.

• Patterns in drug dispensing are analyzed.

• Improved planogram designs for pharmacy automation systems are provided.

摘要

•Knowledge is discovered from mining prescriptions’ database.•Association rule mining is used to capture the associations among drugs.•Patterns in drug dispensing are analyzed.•Improved planogram designs for pharmacy automation systems are provided.

论文关键词：Pharmacy automation,Robotic prescription dispensing system planogram,Association rule mining,FP-growth

论文评审过程：Received 20 April 2015, Revised 23 December 2015, Accepted 22 February 2016, Available online 10 March 2016, Version of Record 11 April 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.02.045