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Removing redundancy for attribute implications in data with grades
Reasoning with if-then rules –in particular, with those taking from of implications between
conjunctions of attributes– is crucial in many disciplines ranging from theoretical computer
science to applications. One of the most important problems regarding the rules is to remove
redundancies in order to obtain equivalent implicational sets with lower size.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional AndalucĂa Tech
Parameterizing the semantics of fuzzy attribute implications by systems of isotone Galois connections
We study the semantics of fuzzy if-then rules called fuzzy attribute
implications parameterized by systems of isotone Galois connections. The rules
express dependencies between fuzzy attributes in object-attribute incidence
data. The proposed parameterizations are general and include as special cases
the parameterizations by linguistic hedges used in earlier approaches. We
formalize the general parameterizations, propose bivalent and graded notions of
semantic entailment of fuzzy attribute implications, show their
characterization in terms of least models and complete axiomatization, and
provide characterization of bases of fuzzy attribute implications derived from
data
From Causes for Database Queries to Repairs and Model-Based Diagnosis and Back
In this work we establish and investigate connections between causes for
query answers in databases, database repairs wrt. denial constraints, and
consistency-based diagnosis. The first two are relatively new research areas in
databases, and the third one is an established subject in knowledge
representation. We show how to obtain database repairs from causes, and the
other way around. Causality problems are formulated as diagnosis problems, and
the diagnoses provide causes and their responsibilities. The vast body of
research on database repairs can be applied to the newer problems of computing
actual causes for query answers and their responsibilities. These connections,
which are interesting per se, allow us, after a transition -inspired by
consistency-based diagnosis- to computational problems on hitting sets and
vertex covers in hypergraphs, to obtain several new algorithmic and complexity
results for database causality.Comment: To appear in Theory of Computing Systems. By invitation to special
issue with extended papers from ICDT 2015 (paper arXiv:1412.4311
Seasonality Effects on Consumers Preferences Over Quality Attributes of Different Beef Products
Using discrete choice modelling, the study investigates 946 American
consumers willingness-to-pay and preferences for diverse beef products. A novel
experiment was used to elicit the number of beef products that each consumer
would purchase. The range of products explored in this study included ground,
diced, roast, and six cuts of steaks (sirloin, tenderloin, flank, flap, New
York and cowboy or rib-eye). The outcome of the study suggests that US
consumers vary in their preferences for beef products by season. The presence
of a USDA certification logo is by far the most important factor affecting
consumers willingness to pay for all beef cuts, which is also heavily dependent
on season. In relation to packaging, US consumers have mixed preference for
different beef products by season. The results from a scaled adjusted ordered
logit model showed that after price, safety-related attributes such as
certification logos, types of packaging, and antibiotic free and organic
products are a stronger influence on American consumers choice. Furthermore, US
consumers on average purchase diced and roast products more often in winter
slow cooking season, than in summer, whereas New York strip and flank steak are
more popular in the summer grilling season. This study provides valuable
insights for businesses as well as policymakers to make inform decisions while
considering how consumers relatively value among different labelling and
product attributes by season and better address any ethical, safety and
aesthetic concerns that consumers might have
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