Abstract:A concept of interval set is introduced into decision formal contexts to study attribute reduction of interval-set concept lattices. Firstly, the conditional and decision interval-set concept lattices are constructed, and a refinement between them is also introduced. Then, the interval-set consistent set and interval-set reduction are defined. Furthermore, the corresponding approaches for judging the interval-set consistent sets are shown. By introducing the discernibility interval-set attribute matrix, methods for obtaining the interval-set attribute reductions are given.
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