On minimization of axiom sets characterizing covering-based approximation operators

Information Sciences

Volumn 181, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3032-3042

  Zhang, Yan Lan ^a,b   Luo, Mao Kang ^b  

^a MINNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Axioms; Covering based approximation operators; Covering based generalized rough sets; Minimization; Rough sets

Indexed keywords

AXIOMS; COVERING-BASED APPROXIMATION OPERATORS; COVERING-BASED GENERALIZED ROUGH SETS; MINIMIZATION; ROUGH SET;

OPTIMIZATION;

ROUGH SET THEORY;

EID: 79955469319     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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