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Layered Learning for Concept Synthesis

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Transactions on Rough Sets I

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We present a hierarchical scheme for synthesis of concept approximations based on given data and domain knowledge. We also propose a solution, founded on rough set theory, to the problem of constructing the approximation of higher level concepts by composing the approximation of lower level concepts. We examine the effectiveness of the layered learning approach by comparing it with the standard learning approach. Experiments are carried out on artificial data sets generated by a road traffic simulator.

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  1. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology, Koszykowa 86, 02-008, Warsaw, Poland

    Sinh Hoa Nguyen

  2. Institute of Mathematics, University of Rzeszów, Rejtana 16A, 35-959, Rzeszów, Poland

    Jan Bazan

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

    Andrzej Skowron & Hung Son Nguyen

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

    James F. Peters

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

    Andrzej Skowron  & Marcin S. Szczuka  & 

  3. Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01–237, Warsaw, Poland

    Jerzy W. Grzymała-Busse

  4. Multimedia Systems Department, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952, Gdańsk, Poland

    Bożena Kostek

  5. Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, CA 92182, San Diego, USA

    Roman W. Świniarski

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Nguyen, S.H., Bazan, J., Skowron, A., Nguyen, H.S. (2004). Layered Learning for Concept Synthesis. In: Peters, J.F., Skowron, A., Grzymała-Busse, J.W., Kostek, B., Świniarski, R.W., Szczuka, M.S. (eds) Transactions on Rough Sets I. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3100. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-27794-1_9

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