Authors
Salvatore Greco, Masahiro Inuiguchi, Roman Slowinski
Publication date
2006/2/1
Journal
International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
Volume
41
Issue
2
Pages
179-211
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
We propose a new fuzzy rough set approach which, differently from most known fuzzy set extensions of rough set theory, does not use any fuzzy logical connectives (t-norm, t-conorm, fuzzy implication). As there is no rationale for a particular choice of these connectives, avoiding this choice permits to reduce the part of arbitrary in the fuzzy rough approximation. Another advantage of the new approach is that it is based on the ordinal properties of fuzzy membership degrees only. The concepts of fuzzy lower and upper approximations are thus proposed, creating a base for induction of fuzzy decision rules having syntax and semantics of gradual rules. The proposed approach to rule induction is also interesting from the viewpoint of philosophy supporting data mining and knowledge discovery, because it is concordant with the method of concomitant variations by John Stuart Mill. The decision rules are induced from …
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S Greco, M Inuiguchi, R Slowinski - International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 2006