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Cost-Sensitive Attribute Reduction in Decision-Theoretic Rough Set Models

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  • Shujiao Liao
  • Qingxin Zhu
  • Fan Min

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In recent years, the theory of decision-theoretic rough set and its applications have been studied, including the attribute reduction problem. However, most researchers only focus on decision cost instead of test cost. In this paper, we study the attribute reduction problem with both types of costs in decision-theoretic rough set models. A new definition of attribute reduct is given, and the attribute reduction is formulated as an optimization problem, which aims to minimize the total cost of classification. Then both backtracking and heuristic algorithms to the new problem are proposed. The algorithms are tested on four UCI (University of California, Irvine) datasets. Experimental results manifest the efficiency and the effectiveness of both algorithms. This study provides a new insight into the attribute reduction problem in decision-theoretic rough set models.

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  • Shujiao Liao & Qingxin Zhu & Fan Min, 2014. "Cost-Sensitive Attribute Reduction in Decision-Theoretic Rough Set Models," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi, vol. 2014, pages 1-9, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnlmpe:875918
    DOI: 10.1155/2014/875918
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