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Chen, Degang; Tsang, E. C. C.; Yeung, Daniel S.; Wang, Xizhao

The parameterization reduction of soft sets and its applications. (English) Zbl 1074.03510

Comput. Math. Appl. 49, No. 5-6, 757-763 (2005).
Summary: We focus our discussion on the parameterization reduction of soft sets and its applications. First we point out that the results of soft set reductions offered by P. K. Maji, A. D. Roy and R. Biswas [ibid. 44, 1077–1083 (2002; Zbl 1044.90042)] are incorrect. We also observe that the algorithms used to first compute the reduct-soft-set and then to compute the choice value to select the optimal objects for the decision problems [loc. cit.] are not reasonable and we illustrate this with an example. Finally, we propose a reasonable definition of parameterization reduction of soft sets and compare it with the concept of attribute reduction in rough set theory. By using this new definition of parameterization reduction, we improve the application of a soft set in a decision making problem found in [loc. cit.].

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MSC:

03E72 Theory of fuzzy sets, etc.
68T37 Reasoning under uncertainty in the context of artificial intelligence
90B50 Management decision making, including multiple objectives

Keywords:

Soft set; Rough set; Fuzzy set; Parameterization reduction; Choice value; Attribute reduction

Citations:

Zbl 1044.90042
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\textit{D. Chen} et al., Comput. Math. Appl. 49, No. 5--6, 757--763 (2005; Zbl 1074.03510)
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