Topological and algebraic characterization of coverings sets obtained in rough sets discretization and attribute reduction algorithms

Abstract. A systematic study on approximation operators in covering based rough sets and some relations with relation based rough sets are presented. Two different frameworks of approximation operators in covering based rough sets were unified in a general framework of dual pairs. This work establishes some relationships between the most important generalization of rough set theory: Covering based and relation based rough sets. A structured genetic algorithm to discretize, to find reducts and to select approximation operators for classification problems is presented.Se presenta un estudio sistemático de los diferentes operadores de aproximación en conjuntos aproximados basados en cubrimientos y operadores de aproximación basados en relaciones binarias. Se unifican dos marcos de referencia sobre operadores de aproximación basados en cubrimientos en un único marco de referencia con pares duales. Se establecen algunas relaciones entre operadores de aproximación de dos de las más importantes generalizaciones de la teoría de conjuntos aproximados. Finalmente, se presenta un algoritmo genético estructurado, para discretizar, reducir atributos y seleccionar operadores de aproximación, en problemas de clasificación.Doctorad

Geometric lattice structure of covering-based rough sets through matroids

Covering-based rough set theory is a useful tool to deal with inexact, uncertain or vague knowledge in information systems. Geometric lattice has widely used in diverse fields, especially search algorithm design which plays important role in covering reductions. In this paper, we construct four geometric lattice structures of covering-based rough sets through matroids, and compare their relationships. First, a geometric lattice structure of covering-based rough sets is established through the transversal matroid induced by the covering, and its characteristics including atoms, modular elements and modular pairs are studied. We also construct a one-to-one correspondence between this type of geometric lattices and transversal matroids in the context of covering-based rough sets. Second, sufficient and necessary conditions for three types of covering upper approximation operators to be closure operators of matroids are presented. We exhibit three types of matroids through closure axioms, and then obtain three geometric lattice structures of covering-based rough sets. Third, these four geometric lattice structures are compared. Some core concepts such as reducible elements in covering-based rough sets are investigated with geometric lattices. In a word, this work points out an interesting view, namely geometric lattice, to study covering-based rough sets

Fuzzy Sets, Fuzzy Logic and Their Applications

The present book contains 20 articles collected from amongst the 53 total submitted manuscripts for the Special Issue “Fuzzy Sets, Fuzzy Loigic and Their Applications” of the MDPI journal Mathematics. The articles, which appear in the book in the series in which they were accepted, published in Volumes 7 (2019) and 8 (2020) of the journal, cover a wide range of topics connected to the theory and applications of fuzzy systems and their extensions and generalizations. This range includes, among others, management of the uncertainty in a fuzzy environment; fuzzy assessment methods of human-machine performance; fuzzy graphs; fuzzy topological and convergence spaces; bipolar fuzzy relations; type-2 fuzzy; and intuitionistic, interval-valued, complex, picture, and Pythagorean fuzzy sets, soft sets and algebras, etc. The applications presented are oriented to finance, fuzzy analytic hierarchy, green supply chain industries, smart health practice, and hotel selection. This wide range of topics makes the book interesting for all those working in the wider area of Fuzzy sets and systems and of fuzzy logic and for those who have the proper mathematical background who wish to become familiar with recent advances in fuzzy mathematics, which has entered to almost all sectors of human life and activity

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems, Vol. 10, 2015

This volume is a collection of thirteen papers, written by different authors and co-authors (listed in the order of the papers): J. J. Peng and J. Q. Wang, E. Marei, S. Kar, K. Basu, S. Mukherjee, I. M. Hezam, M. Abdel-Baset and F. Smarandache, K. Mondal, S. Pramanik, A. Ionescu, M. R. Parveen and P. Sekar, B. Teodorescu, D. Kour and K. Basu, P. P. Dey and B. C. Giri, A. A. A. Agboola. In first paper, the authors studied Multi-valued Neutrosophic Sets and its Application in Multi-criteria Decision-Making Problems. More on neutrosophic soft rough sets and its modification is discussed in the second paper. Solution of Multi-Criteria Assignment Problem using Neutrosophic Set Theory are studied in third paper. In fourth paper, Taylor Series Approximation to Solve Neutrosophic Multiobjective Programming Problem. Similarly in fifth paper, Decision Making Based on Some similarity Measures under Interval Rough Neutrosophic Environment is discussed. In paper six, Neutralité neutrosophique et expressivité dans le style journalistique is studied by the author. Neutrosophic Semilattices and Their Properties given in seventh paper. Liminality and Neutrosophy is proposed in the next paper. Application of Extended Fuzzy Program-ming Technique to a real life Transportation Problem in Neutrosophic environment in the next paper. Further, TOPSIS for Single Valued Neutrosophic Soft Expert Set Based Multi-attribute Decision Making Problems is discussed by the authors in the tenth paper. In eleventh paper, Neutrosophic Quadruple Numbers, Refined Neutrosophic Quadruple Numbers, Absorbance Law, and the Multiplication of Neutrosophic Quadruple Numbers have been studied by the author. In the next paper, On Refined Neutrosophic Algebraic Structures. At the end, Neutrosophic Actions, Prevalence Order, Refinement of Neutrosophic Entities, and Neutrosophic Literal Logical Operators are introduced by the author

Systems of difference equations as a model for the Lorenz system

We consider systems of difference equations as a model for the Lorenz system of differential equations. Using the power series whose coefficients are the solutions of these systems, we define three real functions, that are approximation for the solutions of the Lorenz system

Topological Foundations of Cognitive Science

A collection of papers presented at the First International Summer Institute in Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo, July 1994, including the following papers: ** Topological Foundations of Cognitive Science, Barry Smith ** The Bounds of Axiomatisation, Graham White ** Rethinking Boundaries, Wojciech Zelaniec ** Sheaf Mereology and Space Cognition, Jean Petitot ** A Mereotopological Definition of 'Point', Carola Eschenbach ** Discreteness, Finiteness, and the Structure of Topological Spaces, Christopher Habel ** Mass Reference and the Geometry of Solids, Almerindo E. Ojeda ** Defining a 'Doughnut' Made Difficult, N .M. Gotts ** A Theory of Spatial Regions with Indeterminate Boundaries, A.G. Cohn and N.M. Gotts ** Mereotopological Construction of Time from Events, Fabio Pianesi and Achille C. Varzi ** Computational Mereology: A Study of Part-of Relations for Multi-media Indexing, Wlodek Zadrozny and Michelle Ki