Rough approximation of a fuzzy concept on a hybrid attribute information system and its uncertainty measure

Information Sciences

Volumn 284, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-80

  Sun, Bingzhen ^a   Ma, Weimin ^b   Chen, Degang ^c  

^a LANZHOU JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fuzzy rough set; Hybrid attribute information system; Hybrid indiscernibility relation; Knowledge granulation; Rough set

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; FUZZY SETS; GRANULATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CHARACTERIZATION THEOREMS; EQUIVALENCE RELATIONS; FUZZY ROUGH APPROXIMATION OPERATORS; FUZZY-ROUGH SETS; HYBRID ATTRIBUTES; INDISCERNIBILITY RELATION; KNOWLEDGE GRANULATION; LOWER AND UPPER APPROXIMATIONS;

ROUGH SET THEORY;

EID: 84906670597     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2014.06.036     Document Type: Article

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