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Rough set reasoning may be based on the notion of a part to a degree as proposed in rough mereology. Mereological theories form also a foundation for spatial reasoning. Here we show how to base spatial reasoning on rough-set notions.
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Polkowski, L. (2001). Spatial Reasoning via Rough Sets. In: Ziarko, W., Yao, Y. (eds) Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing. RSCTC 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2005. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45554-X_59
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