Towards optimal use of incomplete classification data

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1221-1230

  Wang, Hai ^a   Wang, Shouhong ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Fuzzy sets; Incomplete data; Missing values; Multiple values construction

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; FUZZY SETS;

CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION PERFORMANCES; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CONSTRUCTION METHODS; DISCRETE DATUM; FUZZY SETS THEORIES; INCOMPLETE DATA; INCOMPLETE DATUM; MISSING VALUES; MULTIPLE-VALUES CONSTRUCTION;

SET THEORY;

EID: 54449092022     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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