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A Fuzzy Decision-Theoretic Rough Set Approach for Type-2 Fuzzy Conditional Information Systems and Its Application in Decision-Making

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The decision-theoretic rough set model based on Bayesian decision theory proposes a framework for studying rough set approximations using probabilistic theory, it has become an important research direction of rough set theory. In order to extend the theory of decision-theoretic rough set, this article is devoted to studying the fuzzy decision-theoretic rough set model in type-2 fuzzy conditional information systems. The type-2 fuzzy similarity relations are induced though computing the measure of similarity between objects for each attribute. Then, we use intersection operation of type-2 fuzzy sets to aggregate the multiple induced fuzzy similarity relations. Next, a fuzzy decision-theoretic rough set approach for type-2 fuzzy conditional information systems is proposed by means of inclusion degree of type-2 fuzzy sets. Finally, an example is considered to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, which is helpful for applying these theories to deal with practical issues.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61976089, 61473259, 61070074, 60703038), the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2021JJ30451), and the Hunan Provincial Science & Technology Project Foundation (2018RS3065, 2018TP1018).

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Liu, X., Dai, J. A Fuzzy Decision-Theoretic Rough Set Approach for Type-2 Fuzzy Conditional Information Systems and Its Application in Decision-Making. Int. J. Fuzzy Syst. 24, 622–634 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40815-021-01167-x

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