Dynamic Update of Attribute Reduction Based on Property Pictorial Diagrams
BAI Pu1, WAN Qing1,2, MA Yingcang1, WEI Ling2,3
1. School of Science, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an 710048; 2. Institute of Concepts, Cognition and Intelligence, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127; 3. School of Mathematics, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127
Abstract:Attribute reduction is a prominent research focus in formal concept analysis, and exploring its dynamic update methods is crucial for knowledge discovery. The property pictorial diagram, a Hasse diagram representation of a formal context, can be employed to derive attribute reducts that preserve the concept lattice structure. In this paper, dynamic update methods for attribute reduction are investigated under the changes in the attribute set of a formal context by analyzing the update rules of the property pictorial diagram. First, a relation matrix for the property pictorial diagram is defined using the upper(lower) neighborhood relations among attributes, and its properties are studied. Then, update methods for the property pictorial diagram are proposed based on the relation matrix for two cases: attribute deletion and attribute addition. Finally, based on the update rules of the property pictorial diagram, change rules of attribute characteristics are given, and then dynamic update methods for attribute reduction are developed. The proposed methods further enrich the theoretical foundation of attribute reduction and numerical experiments demonstrate their effectiveness.
白璞, 万青, 马盈仓, 魏玲. 基于属性直观图的属性约简动态更新[J]. 模式识别与人工智能, 2025, 38(7): 627-640.
BAI Pu, WAN Qing, MA Yingcang, WEI Ling. Dynamic Update of Attribute Reduction Based on Property Pictorial Diagrams. Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, 2025, 38(7): 627-640.
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