Rough sets and near sets in medical imaging: A review

AE Hassanien, A Abraham, JF Peters… - IEEE Transactions …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a review of the current literature on rough-set-and near-set-based
approaches to solving various problems in medical imaging such as medical image …

Selecting discrete and continuous features based on neighborhood decision error minimization

Q Hu, W Pedrycz, D Yu, J Lang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Feature selection plays an important role in pattern recognition and machine learning.
Feature evaluation and classification complexity estimation arise as key issues in the …

Discernibility matrix simplification for constructing attribute reducts

Y Yao, Y Zhao - Information sciences, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a reduct construction method based on discernibility matrix
simplification. The method works in a similar way to the classical Gaussian elimination …

The model of fuzzy variable precision rough sets

S Zhao, ECC Tsang, D Chen - IEEE transactions on Fuzzy …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fuzzy rough set (FRS) model has been introduced to handle databases with real values.
However, FRS was sensitive to misclassification and perturbation (here misclassification …

Knowledge structure, knowledge granulation and knowledge distance in a knowledge base

Y Qian, J Liang, C Dang - International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 2009 - Elsevier
One of the strengths of rough set theory is the fact that an unknown target concept can be
approximately characterized by existing knowledge structures in a knowledge base …

Relative reducts in consistent and inconsistent decision tables of the Pawlak rough set model

DQ Miao, Y Zhao, YY Yao, HX Li, FF Xu - Information Sciences, 2009 - Elsevier
A relative reduct can be considered as a minimum set of attributes that preserves a certain
classification property. This paper investigates three different classification properties, and …

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

L Zhou, WZ Wu, WX Zhang - Information Sciences, 2009 - Elsevier
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 …

Building a rule-based classifier—A fuzzy-rough set approach

S Zhao, ECC Tsang, D Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fuzzy-rough set (FRS) methodology, as a useful tool to handle discernibility and
fuzziness, has been widely studied. Some researchers studied on the rough approximation …

A new method for measuring the uncertainty in incomplete information systems

Y Qian, J Liang, F Wang - International Journal of Uncertainty …, 2009 - World Scientific
Based on an intuitionistic knowledge content nature of information gain, the concept of
combination entropy CE (A) in incomplete information systems is first introduced, and some …

Are More Features Better? A Response to Attributes Reduction Using Fuzzy Rough Sets

R Jensen, Q Shen - IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A recent TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS paper proposing a new fuzzy-rough
feature selector (FRFS) has claimed that the more attributes remain in datasets, the better …