Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing: 5th International Conference, RSCTC 2006 Kobe, Japan, November 6-8, 2006 Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Decision Trees and Flow Graphs....Pages 1-11
Granular Computing – The Concept of Generalized Constraint-Based Computation....Pages 12-14
Bipolar Representations in Reasoning, Knowledge Extraction and Decision Processes....Pages 15-26
Kansei Engineering and Rough Sets Model....Pages 27-37
Stochastic Approach to Rough Set Theory....Pages 38-48
Zdzisław Pawlak Commemorating His Life and Work....Pages 49-52
Pawlak Rough Set Model, Medical Reasoning and Rule Mining....Pages 53-70
Algebras of Terms in Pawlak’s Information Systems....Pages 71-76
Monads Can Be Rough....Pages 77-84
On Testing Membership to Maximal Consistent Extensions of Information Systems....Pages 85-90
The Research of Rough Sets in Normed Linear Space....Pages 91-98
Two Kinds of Rough Algebras and Brouwer-Zadeh Lattices....Pages 99-106
Balanced Fuzzy Gates....Pages 107-116
Triangle Algebras: Towards an Axiomatization of Interval-Valued Residuated Lattices....Pages 117-126
An Approach to Parameterized Approximation of Crisp and Fuzzy Sets....Pages 127-136
Rough Fuzzy Set Approximations in Fuzzy Formal Contexts....Pages 137-146
Webpage Classification with ACO-Enhanced Fuzzy-Rough Feature Selection....Pages 147-156
Association Reducts: Complexity and Heuristics....Pages 157-164
Planning Based on Reasoning About Information Changes....Pages 165-173
Rough Approximation Operators in Covering Approximation Spaces....Pages 174-182
A New Method for Discretization of Continuous Attributes Based on VPRS....Pages 183-190
On Variable Consistency Dominance-Based Rough Set Approaches....Pages 191-202
Variable-Precision Dominance-Based Rough Set Approach....Pages 203-212
Applying Rough Sets to Data Tables Containing Imprecise Information Under Probabilistic Interpretation....Pages 213-223
Ensembles of Decision Rules for Solving Binary Classification Problems in the Presence of Missing Values....Pages 224-234
Expanding Tolerance RST Models Based on Cores of Maximal Compatible Blocks....Pages 235-243
Local and Global Approximations for Incomplete Data....Pages 244-253
Missing Template Decomposition Method and Its Implementation in Rough Set Exploration System....Pages 254-263
On Possible Rules and Apriori Algorithm in Non-deterministic Information Systems....Pages 264-273
Generalized Conflict and Resolution Model with Approximation Spaces....Pages 274-283
Rough Set Approach to Customer Satisfaction Analysis....Pages 284-295
Utility Function Induced by Fuzzy Target in Probabilistic Decision Making....Pages 296-305
Dominance-Based Rough Set Approach to Decision Involving Multiple Decision Makers....Pages 306-317
Quality of Rough Approximation in Multi-criteria Classification Problems....Pages 318-327
Rough-Set Multiple-Criteria ABC Analysis....Pages 328-337
A Method of Generating Decision Rules in Object–Oriented Rough Set Models....Pages 338-347
Knowledge Reduction in Set-Valued Decision Information System....Pages 348-357
Local Reducts and Jumping Emerging Patterns in Relational Databases....Pages 358-367
Mining Rough Association from Text Documents....Pages 368-377
NetTRS – Induction and Postprocessing of Decision Rules....Pages 378-387
Outlier Detection Based on Rough Membership Function....Pages 388-397
An Approach to a Rough Set Based Disease Inference Engine for ECG Classification....Pages 398-407
Attribute Selection for EEG Signal Classification Using Rough Sets and Neural Networks....Pages 408-417
Automatic Planning of Treatment of Infants with Respiratory Failure Through Rough Set Modeling....Pages 418-427
Developing a Decision Model for Asthma Exacerbations: Combining Rough Sets and Expert-Driven Selection of Clinical Attributes....Pages 428-437
A GrC-Based Approach to Social Network Data Protection....Pages 438-447
An Interpretation of Flow Graphs by Granular Computing....Pages 448-457
Attribute Reduction Based on Granular Computing....Pages 458-466
Methodological Identification of Information Granules-Based Fuzzy Systems by Means of Genetic Optimization....Pages 467-476
Optimization of Information Granulation-Oriented Fuzzy Set Model Using Hierarchical Fair Competition-Based Parallel Genetic Algorithms....Pages 477-486
A Grey-Based Rough Set Approach to Suppliers Selection Problem....Pages 487-496
A Hybrid Grey-Based Dynamic Model for International Airlines Amount Increase Prediction....Pages 497-506
On the Combination of Rough Set Theory and Grey Theory Based on Grey Lattice Operations....Pages 507-516
An Ontology-Based First-Order Modal Logic....Pages 517-526
Enhancing a Biological Concept Ontology to Fuzzy Relational Ontology with Relations Mined from Text....Pages 527-536
On a Parthood Specification Method for Component Software....Pages 537-546
Ontology Driven Concept Approximation....Pages 547-556
A Statistical Method for Determining Importance of Variables in an Information System....Pages 557-566
Distribution of Determinants of Contingency Matrix....Pages 567-576
Interpretation of Contingency Matrix Using Marginal Distributions....Pages 577-586
A Model of Machine Learning Based on User Preference of Attributes....Pages 587-596
Combining Bi-gram of Character and Word to Classify Two-Class Chinese Texts in Two Steps....Pages 597-606
Combining Monte Carlo Filters with Support Vector Machines for Option Price Forecasting....Pages 607-616
Domain Knowledge Assimilation by Learning Complex Concepts....Pages 617-626
Learning Compound Decision Functions for Sequential Data in Dialog with Experts....Pages 627-636
Sampling of Virtual Examples to Improve Classification Accuracy for Nominal Attribute Data....Pages 637-646
A Fuzzy-Possibilistic Fuzzy Ruled Clustering Algorithm for RBFNNs Design....Pages 647-656
A Partitive Rough Clustering Algorithm....Pages 657-666
A Zone-Based Method for Selecting Clusterheads in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 667-676
An Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering by Finding Adjacent Hyper-Rectangles....Pages 677-686
Evaluating Learning Models for a Rule Evaluation Support Method Based on Objective Indices....Pages 687-695
Mining the Most Interesting Patterns from Multiple Phenotypes Medical Data....Pages 696-705
Risk Mining: Mining Nurses’ Incident Factors and Application of Mining Results to Prevention of Incidents....Pages 706-715
Rule Quality Measures in Creation and Reduction of Data Rule Models....Pages 716-725
A Distributed Hybrid Heuristics of Mean Field Annealing and Genetic Algorithm for Load Balancing Problem....Pages 726-735
Enhancing Global Search Ability of Quantum-Behaved Particle Swarm Optimization by Maintaining Diversity of the Swarm....Pages 736-745
Identification and Speed Control of Ultrasonic Motors Based on Modified Immune Algorithm and Elman Neural Networks....Pages 746-756
A Hybrid and Intelligent System for Predicting Lot Output Time in a Semiconductor Fabrication Factory....Pages 757-766
Combining SOM and GA-CBR for Flow Time Prediction in Semiconductor Manufacturing Factory....Pages 767-775
Developing Intelligent Applications in Social E-Mail Networks....Pages 776-785
Functional Extension of the RSDS System....Pages 786-795
Hybrid Music Filtering for Recommendation Based Ubiquitous Computing Environment....Pages 796-805
A Novel Color Image Watermarking Method Based on Genetic Algorithm and Hybrid Neural Networks....Pages 806-814
Calibration of Omnidirectional Camera by Considering Inlier Distribution....Pages 815-823
Modified Hough Transform for Images Containing Many Textured Regions....Pages 824-833
Relative Color Polygons for Object Detection and Recognition....Pages 834-843
Rough Set Based Image Segmentation of Video Sequences....Pages 844-851
Two Dimensional Laplacianfaces Method for Face Recognition....Pages 852-861
Unsupervised Learning of Image Recognition with Neural Society for Clustering....Pages 862-871
A Framework for Unsupervised Selection of Indiscernibility Threshold in Rough Clustering....Pages 872-881
A Fuzzy Neighborhood Model for Clustering, Classification, and Approximations....Pages 882-890
A Proposal for Comparison of Impression Evaluation Data Among Individuals by Using Clustering Method Based on Distributed Structure of Data....Pages 891-898
Extending Microaggregation Procedures for Time Series Protection....Pages 899-908
Lattice-Valued Hierarchical Clustering for Analyzing Information Systems....Pages 909-917
Postsupervised Hard c -Means Classifier....Pages 918-927
Rule Induction Via Clustering Decision Classes....Pages 928-938
Several Formulations for Graded Possibilistic Approach to Fuzzy Clustering....Pages 939-948
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