Inthispaper,weproposeaknowledgediscoverymethodbasedonthefuzzysettheorytohelpelderswithplantcultivation.Initially,thefuzzysetsareconstructedbyusingthefeatureselectionandstatisticalintervalestimation.Themin-maxinferenceandthecenterofgravitydefuzzificationmethodarethenusedtooutputacandidatepatternset.Finally,apatterndiscoveryisadoptedtoobtainthepatternsfromthecandidatesetforthecultivationsuggestionsbyconsideringthefrequencyweightanduser’sexperience.Inordertodemonstratetheperformanceofourmethodinplantingsystems,weconductaclicks-and-mortarcultivationplatform,namelyEdenGarden,fortheelderlylifestylesofhealthandsustainability(LOHAS).Theexperimentalresultsshowthattheaccuracyrateofourknowledgediscoverymethodcanreachupto85%.Moreover,theresultsoftheLOHASindexscaletablepresentthatthehappinessoftheeldersisincreasingwhiletheeldersareusingourproposedmethod.
