<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In recent years, FCA has received significant attention from research communities of various fields. Further, the theory of FCA is being extended into different frontiers and augmented with other knowledge representation frameworks. In this backdrop, this paper aims to provide an understanding of the necessary mathematical background for each extension of FCA like FCA with granular computing, a fuzzy setting, interval-valued, possibility theory, triadic, factor concepts and handling incomplete data. Subsequently, the paper illustrates emerging trends for each extension with applications. To this end, we summarize more than 350 recent (published after 2011) research papers indexed in Google Scholar, IEEE Xplore, ScienceDirect, Scopus, SpringerLink, and a few authoritative fundamental papers.</p></abstract>

In recent years, FCA has received significant attention from research communities of various fields. Further, the theory of FCA is being extended into different frontiers and augmented with other knowledge representation frameworks. In this backdrop, this paper aims to provide an understanding of the necessary mathematical background for each extension of FCA like FCA with granular computing, a fuzzy setting, interval-valued, possibility theory, triadic, factor concepts and handling incomplete data. Subsequently, the paper illustrates emerging trends for each extension with applications. To this end, we summarize more than 350 recent (published after 2011) research papers indexed in Google Scholar, IEEE Xplore, ScienceDirect, Scopus, SpringerLink, and a few authoritative fundamental papers.

A comprehensive survey on formal concept analysis, its research trends and applications

Centre for Mobile Cloud Computing Research, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia

School of Information Technology and Engineering VIT University, Vellore 632014, India

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

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In recent years, FCA has received significant attention from research communities of various fields. Further, the theory of FCA is being extended into...

A comprehensive survey on formal concept analysis, its research trends and applications

Publié en ligne: 02 juil. 2016

Pages: 495 - 516

Reçu: 25 avr. 2014

Accepté: 26 mai 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amcs-2016-0035

Mots clés
concept lattice, formal concept analysis, formal concept, formal context, Galois connection

© by Cherukuri Aswani Kumar

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

A comprehensive survey on formal concept analysis, its research trends and applications

Publié en ligne: 02 juil. 2016

Pages: 495 - 516

Reçu: 25 avr. 2014

Accepté: 26 mai 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amcs-2016-0035

Mots clésconcept lattice, formal concept analysis, formal concept, formal context, Galois connection

© by Cherukuri Aswani Kumar

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
concept lattice, formal concept analysis, formal concept, formal context, Galois connection