Concept lattices associated with L-Fuzzy W-contexts

Abstract

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\noindent We generalize in this paper the $L$-Fuzzy concept theory we developed in a previous paper ([1]), using the composition of $L$-Fuzzy relations. This theory models knowledge acquisition and classification and takes as departure point Wille's idea ([5]).

We begin the work defining $L$-Fuzzy W-contexts as the tuples (L,W,X,Y, $\underset{\textstyle \backsim}{R}$) where W, X and Y are the sets of labels, objects and attributes respectively, and $\underset{\textstyle \backsim}{R}\in L^{X\times Y}$ is an $L$-Fuzzy relation.

From these contexts, we will give the operators needed to define the \linebreak $L$-Fuzzy W-concepts. These concepts will be pairs of relations ($\underset{\textstyle \backsim}{P}, \underset{\textstyle \backsim}{Q}$) where $\underset{\textstyle \backsim}{P}\in L^{W\times X}$, $\underset{\textstyle \backsim}Q\in L^{W\times Y}$ satisfying $\underset{\textstyle \backsim}{P_{1}}= \underset{\textstyle \backsim}Q$ and $\underset{\textstyle \backsim}Q_{2}= \underset{\textstyle \backsim}P$ with the operator 1 and 2 definitions given.

After proving the lattice structure of the $L$-Fuzzy W-concepts set, we analyse a practical example where we interpret the new concept definition

\bigskip \noindent {\bf Key words:} $L$-Fuzzy concepts, $L$-Fuzzy W-concepts, $L$-Fuzzy W-contexts, Conceptual knowledge.

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