Attribute Reduction of Concept Lattices Based on Matroidal Approach

Authors

  • Hua Mao

Keywords:

attribute reduction, matroid, bipartite graph, concept lattice

Abstract

For a context, a matroid is induced by an equivalent
relation which is produced from the above bipartite graph. Each
member in one of Zhang's three attribute classes is characterized
through the above matroid. After that, this paper searches out the
composition of a reduct set. All these results show the potential
and merit in using  matroidal approaches for designing  and studying
concept lattice.

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Published

2015-07-06

How to Cite

Mao, H. (2015). Attribute Reduction of Concept Lattices Based on Matroidal Approach. Asian Journal of Applied Sciences, 3(3). Retrieved from https://ajouronline.com/index.php/AJAS/article/view/2761

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