README: Algorithm to mine for functional dependencies, equivalences and candidate keys

Description:

FDTool is a Python command-line application that mines functional dependencies, equivalences and candidate keys from datasets read in from .csv, .txt, and .pkl files.

Dependencies:

1. Python2 (version 2.7.8 or later recommended)

2. Pandas; pip install pandas

Configuration:

Edit REPO\fdtool\config.py prior to building setup to change preset time limit or max k-level. Include (optional) custom outfile name after command to run application.

Build setup:

$ git clone https://github.com/USEPA/FDTool.git
$ cd FDTool
$ python setup.py install

Run Application:

$ fdtool /path/to/file

Output:

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Notes:

Module REPO/fdtool/modules/dbschema released under C-FSL license and copyright held by Elmar Stellnberger.