Knowledge discovery through creating formal contexts

ANDREWS, Simon and ORPHANIDES, Constantinos (2012). Knowledge discovery through creating formal contexts. International Journal of Space-Based and Situated Computing, 2 (2), 123-138.

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Abstract

Knowledge discovery is important for systems that have computational intelligence in helping them learn and adapt to changing environments. By representing, in a formal way, the context in which an intelligent system operates, it is possible to discover knowledge through an emerging data technology called formal concept analysis (FCA). This paper describes a tool called FcaBedrock that converts data into formal contexts for FCA. This paper describes how, through a process of guided automation, data preparation techniques such as attribute exclusion and value restriction allow data to be interpreted to meet the requirements of the analysis. Examples are given of how formal contexts can be created using FcaBedrock and then analysed for knowledge discovery, using real datasets. Creating formal contexts using FcaBedrock is shown to be straightforward and versatile. Large datasets are easily converted into a standard FCA format.

Item Type: Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Communication and Computing Research Centre
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts > Department of Computing
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSC.2012.047469
Page Range: 123-138
Depositing User: Simon Andrews
Date Deposited: 15 May 2012 08:53
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 06:11
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5073

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