Data Mining, Rough Sets and Granular Computing - Hardback

During the past few years, data mining has grown rapidly in visibility and importance within information processing and decision analysis. This is par- ticularly true in the realm of e-commerce, where data mining is moving from a "nice-to-have" to a "must-have" status. In a different though related context, a new computing methodology called granular computing is emerging as a powerful tool for the conception, analysis and design of information/intelligent systems. In essence, data mining deals with summarization of information which is resident in large data sets, while granular computing plays a key role in the summarization process by draw- ing together points (objects) which are related through similarity, proximity or functionality. In this perspective, granular computing has a position of centrality in data mining. Another methodology which has high relevance to data mining and plays a central role in this volume is that of rough set theory. Basically, rough set theory may be viewed as a branch of granular computing. However, its applications to data mining have predated that of granular computing.

• | Author: Tsau Young Lin
• | Publisher: Physica-Verlag
• | Publication Date: Apr 10, 2002
• | Number of Pages: 537 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 379081461X
• | ISBN-13: 9783790814613