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Rough Concept Analysis

Artificial Intelligence 2018-10-17 v1 Digital Libraries

Abstract

The theory introduced, presented and developed in this paper, is concerned with Rough Concept Analysis. This theory is a synthesis of the theory of Rough Sets pioneered by Zdzislaw Pawlak with the theory of Formal Concept Analysis pioneered by Rudolf Wille. The central notion in this paper of a rough formal concept combines in a natural fashion the notion of a rough set with the notion of a formal concept: "rough set + formal concept = rough formal concept". A follow-up paper will provide a synthesis of the two important data modeling techniques: conceptual scaling of Formal Concept Analysis and Entity-Relationship database modeling.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1810.06986,
  title  = {Rough Concept Analysis},
  author = {Robert E. Kent},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.06986},
  year   = {2018}
}

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10 pages, 3 tables