The Third International Conference on Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology (RSKT 2008)

 

May 16-19, 2008. Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China.

 

Online discussion

 

Keynote 1 Knowware: A Commodity Form of Knowledge 

Ruqian Lu  [rqlu@math.ac.cn]

Keynote 2 Granular Computing in Multi-agent Systems 

Witold Pedrycz  [pedrycz@ee.ualberta.ca]

Keynote 3 Linguistic Dynamic Systems for Computing with Words and Granular Computing

  Fei-Yue Wang  [feiyue@gmail.com]

Tutorial 1 Rough Set Approach to KDD 

Andrzej Skowron and Hung Son Nguyen  [skowron@mimuw.edu.pl, son@mimuw.edu.pl]

Tutorial 2 Introduction to 3DM: Domain-oriented Data-driven Data Mining 

Guoyin Wang  [wanggy%20cupt@yahoo.com.cn]

Tutorial 3 Granular Computing: Past, Present and Future 

Yiyu Yao  [yyao@cs.uregina.ca]

Tutorial 4 Dominance-based Rough set Approach to Reasoning about Ordinal Data

Roman Slowinski  [roman.slowinski@cs.put.poznan.pl]

Tutorial 5 Rough Logics with Possible Applications to Approximate Reasoning

Mihir Kr. Chakraborty  [mihirc99@vsnl.com]

Tutorial 6 Applications of Dominance-based Rough set Approach

Salvatore Greco  [salgreco@unict.it]

Session 1: Rough Sets and Computing (1)

Chairs: Jerzy W. Grzymala-Busse, Krzysztof Walczak

A Comparison of Six Approaches to Discretization—A Rough Set Perspective

Piotr Blajdo, Jerzy W. Grzymala-Busse, Zdzislaw S. Hippe, Maksymilian Knap, Teresa Mroczek, and Lukasz Piatek   [jerzy@ku.edu]

Adaptive Classification with Jumping Emerging Patterns

Pawel Terlecki and Krzysztof Walczak   [K.Walczak@ii.pw.edu.pl]

Two-Phase Rule Induction from Incomplete Data

Huaxiong Li, Yiyu Yao, Xianzhong Zhou, and Bing Huang   [huaxiongli@gmail.com]

Comparison of Lazy Classification Algorithms Based on Deterministic and Inhibitory Decision Rules

Pawel Delimata, Mikhail Moshkov, Andrzej Skowron, and Zbigniew Suraj   [moshkov@us.edu.pl]

Fast Knowledge Reduction Algorithms Based on Quick Sort

Feng Hu, Guoyin Wang, and Lin Feng   [hufeng@cqupt.edu.cn]

Multiple-Source Approximation Systems: Membership Functions and Indiscernibility

M. Aquil Khan and Mohua Banerjee   [mdaquil@iitk.ac.in]

Session 2: Formal Concept Analysis

Chairs: Bernhard Ganter, Wei-zhi Wu

Ranking with Partial Orders and Pairwise Comparisons

Ryszard Janicki  [janicki@mcmaster.ca]

A Novel Approach to Attribute Reduction in Formal Concept Lattices

Jing Liu and Ju-Sheng Mi  [mijsh@263.net]

Combination and Decomposition Theories of Formal Contexts Based on Same Attribute Set

Ling Wei and Jian-Jun Qi  [qijj@mail.xidian.edu.cn]

An Approaches for Constructing Concept Lattices

Yutian Zhong, Keyun Qin, and Zhengjiang Wu  [zhongyutian@126.com]

Session 3: Rough Sets and Computing (2)

Chairs: Yasuo Kudo, Lin Shang

Stability Analysis on Rough Set Based Feature Evaluation

Qinghua Hu, Jinfu Liu, and Daren Yu  [huqinghua@hcms.hit.edu.cn]

Apply a Rough Set-Based Classifier to Dependency Parsing

Yangsheng Ji, Lin Shang, Xinyu Dai, and Ruoce Ma  [jiyangsheng@ai.nju.edu.cn]

Four-Valued Extension of Rough Sets

Aida Vitoria, Andrzej Szalas, and Jan Maluszynski  [aidvi@itn.liu.se]

A Note on Characteristic Combination Patterns about How to Combine Objects in Object-Oriented Rough Set Models

Yasuo Kudo and Tetsuya Murai  [kudo@epsilon2.csse.muroran-it.ac.jp]

Game-Theoretic Risk Analysis in Decision-Theoretic Rough Sets

Joseph P. Herbert and JingTao Yao  [herbertj@cs.uregina.ca]

Session 4: Pattern Recognition

Chairs: Pawan Lingras, Hong Zheng

Rough Multi-category Decision Theoretic Framework

Pawan Lingras, Min Chen, and Duoqian Miao  [Pawan.lingras@smu.ca]

An Improved Method of Formula Structural Analysis

Xuedong Tian, Fei Wang, and Xiaoyu Liu  [wangfei-0984@163.com]

Kernel Matching Reduction Algorithms for Classification

Jianwu Li and Xiaocheng Deng  [jianwuli@hotmail.com]

A Novel Deformation Framework for Face Modeling from a Few Control Points

Xun Gong and Guoyin Wang  [gongxun@foxmail.com]

A Hybrid Feature Selection Approach Based on the Bayesian Network Classifier and Rough Sets

Li Pan, Hong Zheng, and Li Li  [hong-zheng@126.com]

Session 5: Rough Mereology with Applications

Chairs: Piotr Artiemjew, Lech Polkowski

Rough Mereology in Analysis of Vagueness

Lech Polkowski  [polkow@pjwstk.edu.pl]

Reasoning about Concepts by Rough Mereological Logics

Lech Polkowski and Maria Semeniuk–Polkowska  [polkow@pjwstk.edu.pl]

On the Idea of Using Granular Rough Mereological Structures in Classification of Data

Lech Polkowski  [polkow@pjwstk.edu.pl]

On Classification of Data by Means of Rough Mereological Granules of Objects and Rules

Piotr Artiemjew  [artem@matman.uwm.edu.pl]

Rough Mereological Classifiers Obtained from Weak Variants of Rough Inclusions

Piotr Artiemjew  [artem@matman.uwm.edu.pl]

An Application of Rough Set Concepts to Workflow Management

Georg Peters, Roger Tagg, and Richard Weber  [georg.peters@hm.edu]

Session 6: Data Mining and Machine Learning (1)

Chairs: Hidenao Abe, Seunghyun Im

Analyzing Correlation Coefficients of Objective Rule Evaluation Indices on Classification Rules

Hidenao Abe and Shusaku Tsumoto  [abe@med.shimane-u.ac.jp]

Description Logic Based Consistency Checking upon Data Mining Metadata

Xiaodong Zhu, Zhiqiu Huang, and Guohua Shen  [zhuxd@nuaa.edu.cn]

LRLW-LSI: An Improved Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) Text Classifier

Wang Ding, Songnian Yu, Shanqing Yu, Wei Wei, and Qianfeng Wang  [dingwang@shu.edu.cn]

Multi-granularity Classification Rule Discovery Using ERID

Seunghyun Im, Zbigniew W. Ras, and Li-Shiang Tsay  [sim@pitt.edu]

Minimum Spanning Tree Based Spatial Outlier Mining and Its Applications

Jiaxiang Lin, Dongyi Ye, Chongcheng Chen, and Miaoxian Gao  [linjx@fzu.edu.cn]

Session 7: Fuzzy-Rough Hybridization

Chairs: Chris Cornelis, Sushmita Mitra

Feature Selection with Fuzzy Decision Reducts

Chris Cornelis, German Hurtado Martin, Richard Jensen, and Dominik Slezak  [chris.cornelis@ugent.be]

Rough-Fuzzy Relational Clustering Algorithm for Biological Sequence Mining

Pradipta Maji and Sankar K. Pal  [pmaji@isical.ac.in]

Rough-Fuzzy Clustering: An Application to Medical Imagery

Sushmita Mitra and Bishal Barman  [sushmita@isical.ac.in]

Roughness Measures of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets

Lei Zhou, Wen-Xiu Zhang, and Wei-Zhi Wu  [wuwz@zjou.edu.cn]

Intra-cluster Similarity Index Based on Fuzzy Rough Sets for Fuzzy C-Means Algorithm

Fan Li, Fan Min, and Qihe Liu  [lifan@uestc.edu.cn]

Session 8: Data Mining and Machine Learning (2)

Chairs: Dongyi Ye, Xianhua Zeng

A New Algorithm for High-Dimensional Outlier Detection Based on Constrained Particle Swarm Intelligence

Dongyi Ye and Zhaojiong Chen  [yiedy@fzu.edu.cn]

Applications of Average Geodesic Distance in Manifold Learning

Xianhua Zeng  [xianhuazeng2005@163.com]

Fast Generation of Local Hasse Graphs for Learning from Structurally Connected Instances

Wuming Pan   [pan.wuming@gmail.com]

Feature Selection on Chinese Text Classification Using Character N-Grams

Zhihua Wei, Duoqian Miao, Jean-Hugues Chauchat, and Caiming Zhong  [zhihua.wei@hotmail.com]

A New Decision Tree Construction Using the Cloud Transform and Rough Sets

Jing Song, Tianrui Li, and Da Ruan  [songj@s-ec.com]

Session 9: Dominance-Based Rough Set Approach

Chairs: Salvatore Greco, Benedetto Matarazzo

Dominance-Based Rough Sets Using Indexed Blocks as Granules

Chien-Chung Chan and Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng  [chan@cs.uakron.edu]

Algebraic Structures for Dominance-Based Rough Set Approach

Salvatore Greco, Benedetto Matarazzo, and Roman Slowinski  [salgreco@unict.it]

Ensemble of Decision Rules for Ordinal Classification with Monotonicity Constraints

Krzysztof Dembczynski, Wojciech Kotlowski, and Roman Slowinski  [kdembczynski@cs.put.poznan.pl]

Case-Based Reasoning Using Gradual Rules Induced from Dominance-Based Rough Approximations

Salvatore Greco, Benedetto Matarazzo, and Roman Slowinski  [salgreco@unict.it]

The Incremental Learning Methodology of VPRS Based on Complete Information System

Dun Liu, Pei Hu, and Chaozhe Jiang  [newton83@163.com]

Session 10: Web Intelligence and Intelligent Information Processing

Chairs: Lisa Fan, Yan Zhu

VisoLink: A User-Centric Social Relationship Mining

Lisa Fan and Botang Li  [lisa.fan@uregina.ca]

Online Granular Prediction Model for Web Prefetching

Zhimin Gu, Zhijie Ban, Hongli Zhang, Zhaolei Duan, and Xiaojin Ren  [zmgu@x263.net]

Group Assessment of Web Source/Information Quality Based on WebQM and Fuzzy Logic

Yan Zhu  [yzhu@home.swjtu.edu.cn]

An Approach for Kernel Selection Based on Data Distribution

Wenjian Wang, Jinling Guo, and Changqian Men  [wjwang@sxu.edu.cn]

Session 11: Granular Computing

Chairs: Dusan Marcek, Yanqing Zhang

Approximation and Prediction of Wages Based on Granular Neural Network

Milan Marcek and Dusan Marcek  [dusan.marcek@fri.uniza.sk]

A New SVM-Based Decision Fusion Method Using Multiple Granular Windows for Protein Secondary Structure Prediction

Anjum Reyaz-Ahmed and Yanqing Zhang  [anjumrahmed@gmail.com]

Hierarchical Clustering of Non-Euclidean Relational Data Using Indiscernibility-Level

Shoji Hirano and Shusaku Tsumoto  [hirano@ieee.org]

Axiomatic Definition of Knowledge Granularity and Its Constructive Method

Ming-qing Zhao, Qiang Yang, and De-zhi Gao  [yqiang725@163.com]

Session 12: Soft Computing

Chairs: Jusheng Mi, Huanglin Zeng

Multi-agent Based Multi-knowledge Acquisition Method for Rough Set

Yang Liu, Guohua Bai, and Boqin Feng  [bqfeng@mail.xjtu.edu.cn]

Rough Cluster Algorithm Based on Kernel Function

Tao Zhou, Yanning Zhang, Huiling Lu, Fang’an Deng, and Fengxiao Wang  [zhout123@gmail.com]

New Reduction Algorithm Based on Decision Power of Decision Table

Jiucheng Xu and Lin Sun  [slinok@126.com]

A Heuristic Algorithm Based on Attribute Importance for Feature Selection

Xingbo Sun, Xiuhua Tang, Huanglin Zeng, and Shunyong Zhou  [sxb741021@163.com]

Session 13: Bioinformatics and Cognitive Informatics

Chairs: Ibrahim Akman, Jiali Feng

Phylogenetic Trees Dissimilarity Measure Based on Strict Frequent Splits Set and Its Application for Clustering

Jakub Koperwas and Krzysztof Walczak  [J.Koperwas@elka.pw.edu.pl]

A Multicriteria Model Applied in the Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer-s Disease

Placido Rogerio Pinheiro   [placido@unifor.br]

A New Complexity Metric Based on Cognitive Informatics

Sanjay Misra and Ibrahim Akman  [smisra@atilim.edu.tr]

Efficient Gene Selection with Rough Sets from Gene Expression Data

Lijun Sun, Duoqian Miao, and Hongyun Zhang  [sunlj1028@yahoo.com.cn]

Qualitative Mapping Model of Pattern Recognition

Jiali Feng  [jlfeng@shmtu.edu.cn]

Session 14: Logical and Mathematical Foundations

Chairs: Gianpiero Cattaneo, Mihir K. Chakraborty

A Hierarchical Lattice Closure Approach to Abstract Rough Approximation Spaces

Gianpiero Cattaneo and Davide Ciucci  [ciucci@disco.unimib.it]

A Unifying Abstract Approach for Rough Models

Davide Ciucci  [ciucci@disco.unimib.it]

Quorum Based Data Replication in Grid Environment

Rohaya Latip, Hamidah Ibrahim, Mohamed Othman, Md Nasir Sulaiman, and Azizol Abdullah  [rohaya@fsktm.upm.edu.my]

On Non–pointwise Entropies of Coverings: Relationship with Anti–monotonicity

Daniela Bianucci and Gianpiero Cattaneo  [bianucci@disco.unimib.it]

Intuitionistic Fuzzy Approximations and Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sigma-Algebras

Wei-Zhi Wu and Lei Zhou  [wuwz@zjou.edu.cn]

The Separation of Duty with Privilege Calculus

Chenggong Lv, Jun Wang, Lu Liu, and Weijia You  [lcgong@gmail.com]

Maximal Invariable Update Operator Based on Splitting

Maonian Wu and Mingyi Zhang  [gzu%20wu@yahoo.com]

 

Note 1: Due to the big earthquake in Sichuan Province on 12 May, we decide to open RSKT2008 as an online conference. Please session chairs chair the corresponding session and encourage the authors to discuss online by emails to make RSKT2008 a success.

Note 2: If the authors think the link of your presentation are not suitable, please let us know. We will revise it as soon as possible. In addition, we make a little change of the previous program online for convenience. Thank you very much for your support.