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Some Contributions by Zdzisław Pawlak

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Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology (RSKT 2006)

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This article celebrates the creative genius of Zdzisław Pawlak. He was with us only for a short time and, yet, when we look back at his accomplishments, we realize how greatly he has influenced us with his generous spirit and creative work in many areas such as approximate reasoning, intelligent systems research, computing models, mathematics (especially, rough set theory), molecular computing, pattern recognition, philosophy, art, and poetry. Pawlak’s contributions have far-reaching implications inasmuch as his works are fundamental in establishing new perspectives for scientific research in a wide spectrum of fields. His most widely recognized contribution is his brilliant approach to classifying objects with their attributes (features) and his introduction of approximation spaces, which establish the foundations of granular computing and provides an incisive approach to pattern recognition. This article attempts to give a vignette that highlights some of Pawlak’s remarkable accomplishments. This vignette is limited to a brief coverage of Pawlak’s work in rough set theory, molecular computing, philosophy, painting and poetry. Detailed coverage of these as well as other accomplishments by Pawlak is outside the scope of this commemorative article.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 5V6, Canada

    James F. Peters

  2. Institute of Mathematics, Warsaw University, Banacha 2, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland

    Andrzej Skowron

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  1. College of Computer Science and Technology, Chongqing, University of Posts and Telecommunication, 400065, Chongqing, P.R. China

    Guo-Ying Wang

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, R3T 5V6, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    James F. Peters

  3. Institute of Mathematics, Warsaw University, Banacha 2, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland

    Andrzej Skowron

  4. Department of Computer Science, University of Regina, Regina,, S4S 0A2, Saskatchewan, Canada

    Yiyu Yao

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Peters, J.F., Skowron, A. (2006). Some Contributions by Zdzisław Pawlak. In: Wang, GY., Peters, J.F., Skowron, A., Yao, Y. (eds) Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology. RSKT 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4062. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11795131_1

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