Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology: Third International Conference, Rskt 2008, Chengdu, China, May 17-19, 2008, Proceedings (Paperback, 2008)

Keynote Papers.- Knowware: A Commodity Form of Knowledge.- Granular Computing in Multi-agent Systems.- Linguistic Dynamic Systems for Computing with Words and Granular Computing.- Tutorial Papers (Extended Abstracts).- Rough Set Approach to KDD (Extended Abstract).- Dominance-Based Rough Set Approach to Reasoning about Ordinal Data - A Tutorial.- Dominance-Based Rough Set Approach for Decision Analysis - A Tutorial.- to 3DM: Domain-Oriented Data-Driven Data Mining.- Granular Computing: Past, Present, and Future.- Rough Logics with Possible Applications to Approximate Reasoning.- Rough and Soft Computing.- A Comparison of Six Approaches to Discretization?A Rough Set Perspective.- Adaptive Classification with Jumping Emerging Patterns.- Two-Phase Rule Induction from Incomplete Data.- Comparison of Lazy Classification Algorithms Based on Deterministic and Inhibitory Decision Rules.- Consistency and Fuzziness in Ordered Decision Tables.- Fast Knowledge Reduction Algorithms Based on Quick Sort.- Multiple-Source Approximation Systems: Membership Functions and Indiscernibility.- Stability Analysis on Rough Set Based Feature Evaluation.- Apply a Rough Set-Based Classifier to Dependency Parsing.- Four-Valued Extension of Rough Sets.- A Note on Characteristic Combination Patterns about How to Combine Objects in Object-Oriented Rough Set Models.- Induced Intuitionistic Fuzzy Ordered Weighted Averaging Operator and Its Application to Multiple Attribute Group Decision Making.- Game-Theoretic Risk Analysis in Decision-Theoretic Rough Sets.- Multi-agent Based Multi-knowledge Acquisition Method for Rough Set.- Knowledge-Based Genetic Algorithms.- Dependent Uncertain Linguistic OWA Operator.- Efficient Gene Selection with Rough Sets from Gene Expression Data.- Rough Cluster Algorithm Based on Kernel Function.- New Reduction Algorithm Based on Decision Power of Decision Table.- A Heuristic Algorithm Based on Attribute Importance for Feature Selection.- Rough Mereology with Applications.- Rough Mereology in Analysis of Vagueness.- Reasoning about Concepts by Rough Mereological Logics.- On the Idea of Using Granular Rough Mereological Structures in Classification of Data.- On Classification of Data by Means of Rough Mereological Granules of Objects and Rules.- Rough Mereological Classifiers Obtained from Weak Variants of Rough Inclusions.- Color Image Interpolation Combined with Rough Sets Theory.- Dominance-Based Rough Set Approach.- Dominance-Based Rough Sets Using Indexed Blocks as Granules.- Algebraic Structures for Dominance-Based Rough Set Approach.- Ensemble of Decision Rules for Ordinal Classification with Monotonicity Constraints.- Case-Based Reasoning Using Gradual Rules Induced from Dominance-Based Rough Approximations.- The Incremental Learning Methodology of VPRS Based on Complete Information System.- Fuzzy-Rough Hybridization.- Feature Selection with Fuzzy Decision Reducts.- Rough-Fuzzy Relational Clustering Algorithm for Biological Sequence Mining.- Rough-Fuzzy Clustering: An Application to Medical Imagery.- Roughness Measures of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets.- Intra-cluster Similarity Index Based on Fuzzy Rough Sets for Fuzzy C-Means Algorithm.- Granular Computing.- A New SVM-Based Decision Fusion Method Using Multiple Granular Windows for Protein Secondary Structure Prediction.- Hierarchical Clustering of Non-Euclidean Relational Data Using Indiscernibility-Level.- Online Granular Prediction Model for Web Prefetching.- Axiomatic Definition of Knowledge Granularity and Its Constructive Method.- Logical and Mathematical Foundations.- Intuitionistic Fuzzy Approximations and Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sigma-Algebras.- A Hierarchical Lattice Closure Approach to Abstract Rough Approximation Spaces.- A Unifying Abstract Approach for Rough Models.- Quorum Based Data Replication in Grid Environment.- On Non?pointwise Entropies of Coverings: Relationship with Anti?monotonicity.- A Family of Fuzzy Description Logics with Comparison Expressions.- Soft Sets and Soft Modules.- The Separation of Duty with Privilege Calculus.- Maximal Invariable Update Operator Based on Splitting.- Formal Concept Analysis.- A Novel Approach to Attribute Reduction in Formal Concept Lattices.- A Novel Deformation Framework for Face Modeling from a Few Control Points.- Ranking with Partial Orders and Pairwise Comparisons.- Combination and Decomposition Theories of Formal Contexts Based on Same Attribute Set.- An Approach for Constructing Concept Lattices.- Data Mining.- Analyzing Correlation Coefficients of Objective Rule Evaluation Indices on Classification Rules.- Description Logic Based Consistency Checking upon Data Mining Metadata.- LRLW-LSI: An Improved Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) Text Classifier.- Multi-granularity Classification Rule Discovery Using ERID.- Feature Selection on Chinese Text Classification Using Character N-Grams.- Minimum Spanning Tree Based Spatial Outlier Mining and Its Applications.- A New Algorithm for High-Dimensional Outlier Detection Based on Constrained Particle Swarm Intelligence.- A New Decision Tree Construction Using the Cloud Transform and Rough Sets.- Improved Unsupervised Anomaly Detection Algorithm.- Applications of Average Geodesic Distance in Manifold Learning.- Fast Generation of Local Hasse Graphs for Learning from Structurally Connected Instances.- Machine Learning.- Approximation and Prediction of Wages Based on Granular Neural Network.- Kernel Matching Reduction Algorithms for Classification.- Text Categorization Based on Topic Model.- Intelligent Information Processing.- A Time Weighted Neighbourhood Counting Similarity for Time Series Analysis.- Reasoning Problems on Distributed Fuzzy Ontologies.- An Approach for Kernel Selection Based on Data Distribution.- Bioinformatics and Cognitive Informatics.- Phylogenetic Trees Dissimilarity Measure Based on Strict Frequent Splits Set and Its Application for Clustering.- A Multicriteria Model Applied in the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease.- A New Complexity Metric Based on Cognitive Informatics.- Combined Analysis of Resting-State fMRI and DTI Data Reveals Abnormal Development of Function-Structure in Early-Onset Schizophrenia.- Qualitative Mapping Model of Pattern Recognition.- Web Intelligence.- FLPI: An Optimal Algorithm for Document Indexing.- Question Answering System Based on Ontology and Semantic Web.- Group Assessment of Web Source/Information Quality Based on WebQM and Fuzzy Logic.- VisoLink: A User-Centric Social Relationship Mining.- Pattern Recognition.- Rough Multi-category Decision Theoretic Framework.- Dynamic Features Based Driver Fatigue Detection.- An Improved Method of Formula Structural Analysis.- Fuzzy Inspection of Fabric Defects Based on Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO).- A Hybrid Feature Selection Approach Based on the Bayesian Network Classifier and Rough Sets.- Real-Life Applications of Knowledge Technology.- An Application of Rough Set Concepts to Workflow Management.- Optimization on OLSR Protocol for Lower Routing Overhead.- Password-Based Tripartite Key Exchange Protocol with Forward Secrecy.- Credit Rating Method with Heterogeneous Information.- The K Shortest Transit Paths Choosing Algorithm in Stochastic Transit Network.- Rule Extraction Method in Incomplete Decision Table for Fault Diagnosis Based on Discernibility Matrix Primitive.