Rule acquisition and attribute reduction in real decision formal contexts

HZ Yang, L Yee, MW Shao - Soft Computing, 2011 - Springer
HZ Yang, L Yee, MW Shao
Soft Computing, 2011Springer
Abstract Formal Concept Analysis of real set formal contexts is a generalization of classical
formal contexts. By dividing the attributes into condition attributes and decision attributes, the
notion of real decision formal contexts is introduced. Based on an implication mapping,
problems of rule acquisition and attribute reduction of real decision formal contexts are
examined. The extraction of “if–then” rules from the real decision formal contexts, and the
approach to attribute reduction of the real decision formal contexts are discussed. By the …
Abstract
Formal Concept Analysis of real set formal contexts is a generalization of classical formal contexts. By dividing the attributes into condition attributes and decision attributes, the notion of real decision formal contexts is introduced. Based on an implication mapping, problems of rule acquisition and attribute reduction of real decision formal contexts are examined. The extraction of “if–then” rules from the real decision formal contexts, and the approach to attribute reduction of the real decision formal contexts are discussed. By the proposed approach, attributes which are non-essential to the maximal s rules or l rules (to be defined later in the text) can be removed. Furthermore, discernibility matrices and discernibility functions for computing the attribute reducts of the real decision formal contexts are constructed to determine all attribute reducts of the real set formal contexts without affecting the results of the acquired maximal s rules or l rules.
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