A triarchic theory of granular computing

Granular Computing

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 145-157

  Yao, Yiyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Granular computing triangle; Granular data analytics; Granular information processing; Granular problem sovling; Granular thinking

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DATA ANALYTICS; GRANULAR COMPUTING TRIANGLE; GRANULAR DATA ANALYTIC; GRANULAR DATUM; GRANULAR INFORMATION PROCESSING; GRANULAR PROBLEM-SOVLING; GRANULAR STRUCTURESS; GRANULAR THINKING; MULTILEVELS; PROBLEM-SOLVING;

GRANULAR COMPUTING;

EID: 84980345868     PISSN: 23644966     EISSN: 23644974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s41066-015-0011-0     Document Type: Article

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