Concept lattices and conceptual knowledge systems

Rudolf Wille
1992 Computers and Mathematics with Applications  
Abstracts"Concept Lattice" is the central notion of aFormal Concept Analysis," a new area of research which is ba~ed on a set-theoreticed model for concepts and conceptual hierarchies. This model yields not only a new approach to data analysis but also methods for formal representation of conceptual knowledge. These methods are outlined on three levels. First, basics on concept lattices are explained startin8 from simple data contexts which consist of a binary relation between objects and
more » ... utet indicating which object has which attribute. On the second level, conceptual relationships are discussed for data matrices which assign attribute values to each of the siren objects. FinAlly, a mathematical model for conceptual knowledge systems is described. This model allows us to study mathematically the representation, inference, acquisition, mid communication ol" conceptual knowledge.
doi:10.1016/0898-1221(92)90120-7 fatcat:2zig5fo3zrgytbuihhzvs44iry