Rough set theory for the interval-valued fuzzy information systems

The notion of a rough set was originally proposed by Pawlak [Z. Pawlak, Rough sets, International Journal of Computer and Information Sciences 11 (5) (1982) 341-356]. Later on, Dubois and Prade [D. Dubois, H. Prade, Rough fuzzy sets and fuzzy rough sets, International Journal of General System 17 (2-3) (1990) 191-209] introduced rough fuzzy sets and fuzzy rough sets as a generalization of rough sets. This paper deals with an interval-valued fuzzy information system by means of integrating the classical Pawlak rough set theory with the interval-valued fuzzy set theory and discusses the basic rough set theory for the interval-valued fuzzy information systems. In this paper we firstly define the rough approximation of an interval-valued fuzzy set on the universe U in the classical Pawlak approximation space and the generalized approximation space respectively, i.e., the space on which the interval-valued rough fuzzy set model is built. Secondly several interesting properties of the approximation operators are examined, and the interrelationships of the interval-valued rough fuzzy set models in the classical Pawlak approximation space and the generalized approximation space are investigated. Thirdly we discuss the attribute reduction of the interval-valued fuzzy information systems. Finally, the methods of the knowledge discovery for the interval-valued fuzzy information systems are presented with an example.     

Soft sets and soft rough sets

In this study, we establish an interesting connection between two mathematical approaches to vagueness: rough sets and soft sets. Soft set theory is utilized, for the first time, to generalize Pawlak’s rough set model. Based on the novel granulation structures called soft approximation spaces, soft rough approximations and soft rough sets are introduced. Basic properties of soft rough approximations are presented and supported by some illustrative examples. We also define new types of soft sets such as full soft sets, intersection complete soft sets and partition soft sets. The notion of soft rough equal relations is proposed and related properties are examined. We also show that Pawlak’s rough set model can be viewed as a special case of the soft rough sets, and these two notions will coincide provided that the underlying soft set in the soft approximation space is a partition soft set. Moreover, an example containing a comparative analysis between rough sets and soft rough sets is given.     

On intuitionistic fuzzy rough sets and their topological structures

In this paper, lower and upper approximations of intuitionistic fuzzy sets with respect to an intuitionistic fuzzy approximation space are first defined. Properties of intuitionistic fuzzy approximation operators are examined. Relationships between intuitionistic fuzzy rough set approximations and intuitionistic fuzzy topologies are then discussed. It is proved that the set of all lower approximation sets based on an intuitionistic fuzzy reflexive and transitive approximation space forms an intuitionistic fuzzy topology; and conversely, for an intuitionistic fuzzy rough topological space, there exists an intuitionistic fuzzy reflexive and transitive approximation space such that the topology in the intuitionistic fuzzy rough topological space is just the set of all lower approximation sets in the intuitionistic fuzzy reflexive and transitive approximation space. That is to say, there exists an one-to-one correspondence between the set of all intuitionistic fuzzy reflexive and transitive approximation spaces and the set of all intuitionistic fuzzy rough topological spaces. Finally, intuitionistic fuzzy pseudo-closure operators in the framework of intuitionistic fuzzy rough approximations are investigated.     

The further investigation of covering-based rough sets: Uncertainty characterization, similarity measure and generalized models

The notion of rough sets was originally proposed by Pawlak. In Pawlak’s rough set theory, the equivalence relation or partition plays an important role. However, the equivalence relation or partition is restrictive for many applications because it can only deal with complete information systems. This limits the theory’s application to a certain extent. Therefore covering-based rough sets are derived by replacing the partitions of a universe with its coverings. This paper focuses on the further investigation of covering-based rough sets. Firstly, we discuss the uncertainty of covering in the covering approximation space, and show that it can be characterized by rough entropy and the granulation of covering. Secondly, since it is necessary to measure the similarity between covering rough sets in practical applications such as pattern recognition, image processing and fuzzy reasoning, we present an approach which measures these similarities using a triangular norm. We show that in a covering approximation space, a triangular norm can induce an inclusion degree, and that the similarity measure between covering rough sets can be given according to this triangular norm and inclusion degree. Thirdly, two generalized covering-based rough set models are proposed, and we employ practical examples to illustrate their applications. Finally, relationships between the proposed covering-based rough set models and the existing rough set models are also made.     

粗糙support-intuitionistic模糊集及其聚类分析应用

粗糙集和模糊集理论已经被用于各种类型的不确定性建模中。Dubois和Prade研究了将模糊集和粗糙集结合的问题。提出了粗糙support-intuitionistic模糊集。介绍了粗糙集、粗糙直觉模糊集和support-intuitionistic模糊集等的概念;定义了在Pawlak近似空间中的support-intuitionistic模糊集的上下近似,讨论了一些粗糙support-intuitionistic模糊集近似算子的性质,给出了其相似度表达式;将其应用到聚类分析问题中,并通过一个实例验证其合理性。     

The axiomatic characterizations on L-generalized fuzzy neighborhood system-based approximation operators

The rough sets based on L-fuzzy relations and L-fuzzy coverings are the two most well-known L-fuzzy rough sets. Quite recently, we prove that some of these rough sets can be unified into one framework—rough sets based on L-generalized fuzzy neighborhood systems. So, the study on the rough sets based on L-generalized fuzzy neighborhood system has more general significance. Axiomatic characterization is the foundation of L-fuzzy rough set theory: the axiom sets of approximation operators guarantee the existence of L-fuzzy relations, L-fuzzy coverings that reproduce the approximation operators. In this paper, we shall give an axiomatic study on L-generalized fuzzy neighborhood system-based approximation operators. In particular, we will seek the axiomatic sets to characterize the approximation operators generated by serial, reflexive, unary and transitive L-generalized fuzzy neighborhood systems, respectively.     

覆盖粗糙集上下近似的对偶性分析

覆盖粗糙集是经典粗糙集的推广。然而,覆盖粗糙集的上下近似定义的方法有很多,上下近似是否对偶一直是争论的焦点。本文分析覆盖粗糙集上下近似的对偶性质,讨论对偶下的正域、负域及边界的可定义性。通过对偶性质的分析,对不同问题使用不同上下近似的方法。进一步研究约简与对偶运算的关系,分析覆盖粗糙集中满足对偶的两对重要的上下近似。     

On characterization of intuitionistic fuzzy rough sets based on intuitionistic fuzzy implicators

This paper presents a general framework for the study of relation-based (I,T)-intuitionistic fuzzy rough sets by using constructive and axiomatic approaches. In the constructive approach, by employing an intuitionistic fuzzy implicator I and an intuitionistic fuzzy triangle norm T, lower and upper approximations of intuitionistic fuzzy sets with respect to an intuitionistic fuzzy approximation space are first defined. Properties of (I,T)-intuitionistic fuzzy rough approximation operators are examined. The connections between special types of intuitionistic fuzzy relations and properties of intuitionistic fuzzy approximation operators are established. In the axiomatic approach, an operator-oriented characterization of (I,T)-intuitionistic fuzzy rough sets is proposed. Different axiom sets characterizing the essential properties of intuitionistic fuzzy approximation operators associated with various intuitionistic fuzzy relations are explored.     

二型模糊粗糙集

基于二型模糊关系,研究二型模糊粗糙集.首先,在二型模糊近似空间中定义了二型模糊集的上近似和下近似;然后,研究二型模糊粗糙上下近似算子的基本性质,讨论二型模糊关系与二型模糊粗糙近似算子的特征联系;最后,给出二型模糊粗糙近似算子的公理化描述.     

模糊近似空间上的粗糙模糊集的公理系统

粗糙集理论是近年来发展起来的一种有效的处理不精确、不确定、含糊信息的理论，在机器学习及数据挖掘等领域获得了成功的应用．粗糙集的公理系统是粗糙集理论与应用的基础．粗糙模糊集是粗糙集理论的自然的有意义的推广．作者研究了模糊近似空间上的粗糙模糊集的公理系统，用三条简洁的相互独立的公理完全刻划了模糊近似空间上的粗糙模糊集，同时还把作者给出的公理系统与粗糙集的公理系统做了对比，指出了两者的区别．     

Generalized fuzzy rough sets determined by a triangular norm

The theory of rough sets has become well established as an approach for uncertainty management in a wide variety of applications. Various fuzzy generalizations of rough approximations have been made over the years. This paper presents a general framework for the study of T-fuzzy rough approximation operators in which both the constructive and axiomatic approaches are used. By using a pair of dual triangular norms in the constructive approach, some definitions of the upper and lower approximation operators of fuzzy sets are proposed and analyzed by means of arbitrary fuzzy relations. The connections between special fuzzy relations and the T-upper and T-lower approximation operators of fuzzy sets are also examined. In the axiomatic approach, an operator-oriented characterization of rough sets is proposed, that is, T-fuzzy approximation operators are defined by axioms. Different axiom sets of T-upper and T-lower fuzzy set-theoretic operators guarantee the existence of different types of fuzzy relations producing the same operators. The independence of axioms characterizing the T-fuzzy rough approximation operators is examined. Then the minimal sets of axioms for the characterization of the T-fuzzy approximation operators are presented. Based on information theory, the entropy of the generalized fuzzy approximation space, which is similar to Shannon’s entropy, is formulated. To measure uncertainty in T-generalized fuzzy rough sets, a notion of fuzziness is introduced. Some basic properties of this measure are examined. For a special triangular norm T = min, it is proved that the measure of fuzziness of the generalized fuzzy rough set is equal to zero if and only if the set is crisp and definable.     

区间值Fuzzy集分解定理上的近似算子研究

将广义粗糙模糊下、上近似算子拓展到区间上,并利用区间值模糊集分解定理给出一组新的广义区间值粗糙模糊下、上近似算子,证明二者在由任意二元经典关系构成的广义近似空间中是等价的,最后讨论了在一般二元关系下,两组近似算子的性质。     

粗糙模糊集的构造与公理化方法

用构造性方法和公理化研究了粗糙模糊集．由一个一般的二元经典关系出发构造性地定义了一对对偶的粗糙模糊近似算子，讨论了粗糙模糊近似算子的性质，并且由各种类型的二元关系通过构造得到了各种类型的粗糙模糊集代数．在公理化方法中，用公理形式定义了粗糙模糊近似算子，各种类型的粗糙模糊集代数可以被各种不同的公理集所刻画．阐明了近似算子的公理集可以保证找到相应的二元经典关系，使得由关系通过构造性方法定义的粗糙模糊近似算子恰好就是用公理化定义的近似算子。     

基于覆盖的区间直觉模糊粗糙集

在经典的覆盖近似空间中,定义了区间直觉模糊概念的粗糙近似。通过区间直觉模糊覆盖概念,给出了一种基于区间直觉模糊覆盖的区间直觉模糊粗糙集模型。讨论了两种模型的一些相关性质。     

Fuzzy rough set on probabilistic approximation space over two universes and its application to emergency decision‐making

Probabilistic approaches to rough sets are still an important issue in rough set theory. Although many studies have been written on this topic, they focus on approximating a crisp concept in the universe of discourse, with less effort on approximating a fuzzy concept in the universe of discourse. This article investigates the rough approximation of a fuzzy concept on a probabilistic approximation space over two universes. We first present the definition of a lower and upper approximation of a fuzzy set with respect to a probabilistic approximation space over two universes by defining the conditional probability of a fuzzy event. That is, we define the rough fuzzy set on a probabilistic approximation space over two universes. We then define the fuzzy probabilistic approximation over two universes by introducing a probability measure to the approximation space over two universes. Then, we establish the fuzzy rough set model on the probabilistic approximation space over two universes. Meanwhile, we study some properties of both rough fuzzy sets and fuzzy rough sets on the probabilistic approximation space over two universes. Also, we compare the proposed model with the existing models to show the superiority of the model given in this paper. Furthermore, we apply the fuzzy rough set on the probabilistic approximation over two universes to emergency decision‐making in unconventional emergency management. We establish an approach to online emergency decision‐making by using the fuzzy rough set model on the probabilistic approximation over two universes. Finally, we apply our approach to a numerical example of emergency decision‐making in order to illustrate the validity of the proposed method.     

Minimization of axiom sets on fuzzy approximation operators

Axiomatic characterization of approximation operators is an important aspect in the study of rough set theory. In this paper, we examine the independence of axioms and present the minimal axiom sets characterizing fuzzy rough approximation operators and rough fuzzy approximation operators.     

Generalized rough sets based on relations

Rough set theory has been proposed by Pawlak as a tool for dealing with the vagueness and granularity in information systems. The core concepts of classical rough sets are lower and upper approximations based on equivalence relations. This paper studies arbitrary binary relation based generalized rough sets. In this setting, a binary relation can generate a lower approximation operation and an upper approximation operation, but some of common properties of classical lower and upper approximation operations are no longer satisfied. We investigate conditions for a relation under which these properties hold for the relation based lower and upper approximation operations.This paper also explores the relationships between the lower or the upper approximation operation generated by the intersection of two binary relations and those generated by these two binary relations, respectively. Through these relationships, we prove that two different binary relations will certainly generate two different lower approximation operations and two different upper approximation operations.     

Generalized rough sets over fuzzy lattices

This paper studies generalized rough sets over fuzzy lattices through both the constructive and axiomatic approaches. From the viewpoint of the constructive approach, the basic properties of generalized rough sets over fuzzy lattices are obtained. The matrix representation of the lower and upper approximations is given. According to this matrix view, a simple algorithm is obtained for computing the lower and upper approximations. As for the axiomatic approach, a set of axioms is constructed to characterize the upper approximation of generalized rough sets over fuzzy lattices.     

两个论域上的粗集结构

粗集理论是处理不精确和不确定的数据的工具,自Pawlak 提出了粗集理论后,粗集模型得到拓广,人们提出了许多新的粗集模型,在用特征函数的方法表示上下近似的基础上研究两个论域上的粗集结构。统一了粗集的各种推广模型,使得特征函数的方法与通常的集合论的方法形成互补,对粗集结构的简化及推理有帮助,可以加深对粗集结构的认识。     

On axiomatic characterizations of three pairs of covering based approximation operators

Rough set theory is a useful tool for dealing with inexact, uncertain or vague knowledge in information systems. The classical rough set theory is based on equivalence relations and has been extended to covering based generalized rough set theory. This paper investigates three types of covering generalized rough sets within an axiomatic approach. Concepts and basic properties of each type of covering based approximation operators are first reviewed. Axiomatic systems of the covering based approximation operators are then established. The independence of axiom set for characterizing each type of covering based approximation operators is also examined. As a result, two open problems about axiomatic characterizations of covering based approximation operators proposed by Zhu and Wang in (IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering 19(8) (2007) 1131-1144, Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems, 2006, pp. 444-449) are solved.