Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences
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Journal

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences


Volume
& Issue

Volume 6, Issue 1


Published
on

April 15, 2022


Pages

2103-2116


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Article

Innovations to Attribute Reduction of Covering Decision System Based on Conditional Information Entropy

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Authors

Xiuyun Xia Affiliation:
School of General Education, Hunan University of Information Technology, Changsha 410005, China
, Hao Tian Affiliation:
Electronic Information College, Hunan University of Information Technology, Changsha 410005, China
and Ye Wang Affiliation:
School of Computer Science, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian 223000, China


Abstract

Traditional rough set theory is mainly used to reduce attributes and extract rules in databases in which attributes are characterised by partitions, which the covering rough set theory, a generalisation of traditional rough set theory, covers. In this article, we posit a method to reduce the attributes of covering decision systems, which are databases incarnated in the form of covers. First, we define different covering decision systems and their attributes’ reductions. Further, we describe the necessity and sufficiency for reductions. Thereafter, we construct a discernible matrix to design algorithms that compute all the reductions of covering decision systems. Finally, the above methods are illustrated using a practical example and the obtained results are contrasted with other results.


Keywords

discernible matrix, information entropy, decision system, attribute


Citation

Xia, X., Tian, H., & Wang, Y. (2021). Innovations to attribute reduction of covering decision system based on conditional information entropy. Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences, 6(1), 2103–2116. https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2021.1.00110

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