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POS A (
X
) =
LA A (
X
),
BND A (
) =
BN A (
),
X
X
NEG A (
X
) =
U
\
UA A (
X
).
In the rest of this section, we consider RSM for decision tables, namely, we only
deal with approximations of decision classes
X ={
X 1 ,
X 2 ,...,
X p }
with respect
to subsets of condition attributes A
C .
Example 3 Remember the decision classes X unacc ={
u 1 ,
u 2 }
, X acc ={
u 3 ,
u 4 ,
u 5 }
and X good ={
u 6 ,
u 7 }
of the decision table in Table 7.1 . The lower and upper approx-
imations with respect to C of X unacc , X cc and X good are obtained as follows:
LA C (
X unacc ) ={
u 1 } ,
UA C (
X unacc ) ={
u 1 ,
u 2 ,
u 3 } ,
LA C (
X acc ) ={
u 4 } ,
UA C (
X acc ) ={
u 2 ,
u 3 ,
u 4 ,
u 5 ,
u 6 } ,
LA C (
X good ) ={
u 7 } ,
UA C (
X good ) ={
u 5 ,
u 6 ,
u 7 } .
good.
Moreover, we can also see that each approximation is the union of equivalence
classes included in the approximation, e.g., UA C (
We can see that LA C (
X i )
X i
UA C (
X i )
for each i
=
unacc
,
acc
,
X acc ) ={
u 2 ,
u 3 }∪{
u 4 }∪{
u 5 ,
u 6 }
.
We reduce condition attributes to A
={
Pr
}
. The approximations become:
LA A (
X unacc ) ={
u 1 } ,
UA A (
X unacc ) ={
u 1 ,
u 2 ,
u 3 ,
u 4 ,
u 5 ,
u 6 } ,
LA A (
X acc ) =∅ ,
UA A (
X acc ) ={
u 2 ,
u 3 ,
u 4 ,
u 5 ,
u 6 } ,
u 7 } .
The approximations with respect to A are coarser than those with respect to C ,
namely, LA A (
LA A (
X good ) ={
u 7 } ,
UA A (
X good ) ={
u 2 ,
u 3 ,
u 4 ,
u 5 ,
u 6 ,
X i )
LA C (
X i )
and UA A (
X i )
UA C (
X i )
for each
i
=
unacc
,
acc
,
good.
For every X i , the lower approximation LA A (
X i )
and the boundary BN A (
X i )
can be represented using all upper approximations of decision classes UA A (
X 1 )
,
UA A (
X 2 ),...,
UA A (
X p )
:
LA A (
X i ) =
UA A (
X i ) \
UA A (
X j ),
(7.5)
j
V d \{
i
}
BN A (
X i ) =
UA A (
X i )
UA A (
X j ).
(7.6)
j
V d
\{
i
}
All upper approximations form a cover of U :
U
=
UA A (
X i ).
(7.7)
i
V d
A positive region with respect to A
C is also defined for the decision attribute
d or equivalently for the decision table
. It is the union of all positive regions of
decision classes, i.e., the set of objects which are certainly classified to exactly one
of the decision classes:
D
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