A Unified Framework of Granular Computing

Handbook of Granular Computing

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 401-410

  Yao, Yiyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Granular computing philosophical view; Granular computing based representation and process; Granular computing challenges; Granular computing multilevel hierarchical problem search; Granular computing new theory; Granular computing triangle; Granular computing unified framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349984171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470724163.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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