Rough set and current trends in computing. 2nd international conference, RSCTC 2000, Banff, Canada, October 16--19, 2000. Revised papers (Q5952655)

The articles of mathematical interest will be reviewed individually. The preceding conference (1st, 1998) has been reviewed (see Zbl 0891.00026). Indexed articles: \textit{Ziarko, Wojciech}, Rough sets: Trends, challenges, and prospects, 1-7 [Zbl 1014.68823] \textit{Ohsuga, Setsuo}, To what extent can computers aid human activity? Toward second phase information technology, 8-29 [Zbl 1014.68988] \textit{Pawlak, Zdzisław}, Rough sets and decision algorithms, 30-45 [Zbl 1013.68231] \textit{Zadeh, L. A.}, Toward a perception-based theory of probabilistic reasoning, 46-48 [Zbl 1014.68543] \textit{Nguyen, H. S.; Skowron, A.; Szczuka, M.}, Situation identification by unmanned aerial vehicle, 49-56 [Zbl 1014.68842] \textit{Polkowski, Lech; Skowron, Andrzej}, Rough-neuro computing, 57-64 [Zbl 1013.68234] \textit{Skowron, Andrzej; Stepaniuk, Jaroslaw; Peters, James F.}, Approximation of information granule sets, 65-72 [Zbl 1013.68224] \textit{Yamauchi, Yukari; Mukaidono, Masao}, Probabilistic inference and Bayesian theorem on rough sets, 73-81 [Zbl 1013.68229] \textit{Yao, Y. Y.; Zhang, J. P.}, Interpreting fuzzy membership functions in the theory of rough sets, 82-89 [Zbl 1013.03064] \textit{Alpigini, James J.; Peters, James F.}, Dynamic system visualization with rough performance maps, 90-97 [Zbl 1014.68655] \textit{Apostoli, Peter; Kanda, Akira}, Approximation spaces of type-free sets, 98-105 [Zbl 1013.68225] \textit{Bazan, Jan G.; Szczuka, Marcin}, RSES and RSESlib -- A collection of tools for rough set computations, 106-113 [Zbl 1014.68825] \textit{Beynon, Malcolm}, An investigation of \(\beta\)-reduct selection within the variable precision rough sets model, 114-122 [Zbl 1014.68992] \textit{Borkowski, Maciej; Slezak, Dominik}, Application of discernibility tables to calculation of approximate frequency based reducts, 123-130 [Zbl 1013.68240] \textit{Boussouf, Moussa; Quafafou, Mohamed}, Scalable feature selection using rough set theory, 131-138 [Zbl 1014.68830] \textit{Chikalov, Igor}, On algorithm for constructing of decision trees with minimal number of nodes, 139-143 [Zbl 1013.68228] \textit{Chouchoulas, Alexios; Shen, Qiang}, Rough set-based dimensionality reduction for multivariate adaptive regression splines, 144-151 [Zbl 1014.68546] \textit{Drwal, Grzegorz}, Rough and fuzzy-rough classification methods implemented in RClass system, 152-159 [Zbl 1013.68230] \textit{Greco, S.; Matarazzo, B.; Slowinski, R.}, Rough set approach to decisions under risk, 160-169 [Zbl 1013.91031] \textit{Greco, S.; Matarazzo, B.; Slowinski, R.; Stefanowski, J.}, Variable consistency model of dominance-based rough sets approach, 170-181 [Zbl 1014.68544] \textit{Järinen, Jouni}, Approximations and rough sets based on tolerances, 182-189 [Zbl 1013.68226] \textit{Midelfart, Herman; Komorowski, Jan}, A rough set approach to inductive logic programming, 190-198 [Zbl 1013.68164] \textit{Moshkov, Mikhail}, Classification of infinite information systems, 199-203 [Zbl 1014.68540] \textit{Suraj, Zbigniew}, Some remarks on extensions and restrictions of information systems, 204-211 [Zbl 1013.68235] \textit{Stefanowski, Jerzy; Tsoukiàs, Alexis}, Valued tolerance and decision rules, 212-219 [Zbl 1013.68238] \textit{Wolff, Karl Erich}, A conceptual view of knowledge bases in rough set theory, 220-228 [Zbl 1013.68221] \textit{Breunig, Adriano; de Azevedo, Haroldo R.; Teixeira, Edilberto P.; de Faria, Elmo B.}, Computer vision using fuzzy logic for robot manipulator, 229-237 [Zbl 1014.68637] \textit{Chakrabarty, Kankana}, On fuzzy lattice, 238-242 [Zbl 1013.06014] \textit{Han, Hugang; Su, Chun-Yi; Murakami, Shuta}, Fuzzy-logic-based adaptive control for a class of nonlinear discrete-time system, 243-250 [Zbl 1013.93033] \textit{Intan, Rolly; Mukaidono, Masao}, Conditional probability relations in fuzzy relational database, 251-260 [Zbl 1014.68502] \textit{Inuiguchi, Masahiro; Tanino, Tetsuzo}, A new class of necessity measures and fuzzy rough sets based on certainty qualifications, 261-268 [Zbl 1013.68242] \textit{Saquer, Jamil; Deogun, Jitender S.}, A fuzzy approach for approximating formal concepts, 269-276 [Zbl 1014.68538] \textit{Thiele, Helmut}, On axiomatic characterizations of fuzzy approximation operators. I. The fuzzy rough set based case, 277-285 [Zbl 1013.68241] \textit{Fernández-Baizán, M. C.; Pérez-Llera, C.; Feito-García, J.; Almeida, A.}, LEM3 algorithm generalization based on stochastic approximation space, 286-290 [Zbl 1014.68518] \textit{Fernández-Baizán, María C.; Menasalvas Ruiz, Ernestina; Peña Sánchez, José M.; Martínez Sarrías, Juan Francisco; Millán, Socorro}, Using the Apriori algorithm to improve rough sets results, 291-295 [Zbl 1014.68905] \textit{Gálvez, Juan F.; Diaz, Fernando; Carrión, Pilar; Garcia, Angel}, An application for knowledge discovery based on a revision of VPRS model, 296-303 [Zbl 1014.68501] \textit{Greco, Salvatore; Matarazzo, Benedetto; Slowinski, Roman; Stefanowski, Jerzy}, An algorithm for induction of decision rules consistent with the dominance principle, 304-313 [Zbl 1014.68545] \textit{Guan, J. W.; Bel, D. A.}, Data mining for monitoring loose parts in nuclear power plants, 314-321 [Zbl 1013.90051] \textit{Han, Jianchao; Hu, Xiaohua; Cercone, Nick}, Supervised learning: A generalized rough set approach, 322-329 [Zbl 1013.68166] \textit{Johnson, Julia; Liu, Mengchi; Chen, Hong}, Unification of knowledge discovery and data mining using rough sets approach in a real-world application, 330-337 [Zbl 1014.68941] \textit{Liang, Aileen H.; Ziarko, Wojciech; Maguire, Brien}, The application of a distance learning algorithm in web-based course delivery, 338-345 [Zbl 1013.00008] \textit{Lin, Tsau Young}, Searching decision rules in very large databases using rough set theory, 346-353 [Zbl 1014.68833] \textit{Son, Nguyen Hung}, On efficient construction of decision trees from large databases, 354-361 [Zbl 1014.68541] \textit{Tsumoto, Shusaku}, An approach to statistical extension of rough set rule induction, 362-369 [Zbl 1013.68223] \textit{Wang, Guoyin; Liu, Feng}, The inconsistency in rough set based rule generation, 370-377 [Zbl 1014.68874] \textit{Grzymala-Busse, Jerzy W.; Hu, Ming}, A comparison of several approaches to missing attribute values in data mining, 378-385 [Zbl 1014.68558] \textit{Kiem, Hoang; Phuc, Do}, Discovering motiv based association rules in a set of DNA sequences, 386-390 [Zbl 1013.92031] \textit{Kryszkiewicz, Marzena}, Inducing theory for the rule set, 391-398 [Zbl 1014.68503] \textit{Lamirel, Jean-Charles; Ducloy, Jacques; Kammoun, Hager}, Some basics of a self organizing map (SOM) extended model for information discovery in a digital library context, 399-403 [Zbl 1014.68996] \textit{Nakata, Michinori; Murai, Tetsuya; Resconi, Germano}, Handling data with plural sources in databases, 404-411 [Zbl 1013.68072] \textit{Ramamonjisoa, David; Suzuki, Einoshin; Hamid, Issam}, Research topics discovery from WWW by keywords association rules, 412-419 [Zbl 1014.68809] \textit{Synak, Piotr}, Temporal templates and analysis of time related data, 420-427 [Zbl 1014.68547] \textit{Wojna, Arkadiusz}, Constraint based incremental learning of classification rules, 428-435 [Zbl 1014.68511] \textit{Zhong, Ning; Dong, Juzhen; Liu, Chunnian; Ohsuga, Setsuo}, A hybrid model for rule discovery in data, 436-444 [Zbl 1014.68508] \textit{Bittner, Thomas; Stell, John G.}, Rough sets in approximate spatial reasoning, 445-453 [Zbl 1013.68233] \textit{Lin, Tao; Huang, Yichao}, A study of conditional independence change in learning probabilistic network, 454-461 [Zbl 1013.68165] \textit{Liu, Qing}, \(\lambda\)-level rough equality relation and the inference of rough paramodulation, 462-469 [Zbl 1013.68227] \textit{Nakamatsu, Kazumi; Abe, Jair Minoro; Suzuki, Atsuyuki}, Annotated semantics for defeasible deontic reasoning, 470-478 [Zbl 1013.68206] \textit{Polkowski, Lech}, Spatial reasoning via rough sets, 479-486 [Zbl 1013.68236] \textit{Sapiecha, P.; Selvaraj, H.; Pleban, M.}, Decomposition of Boolean relations and functions in logic synthesis and data analysis, 487-494 [Zbl 1013.68095] \textit{Tsumoto, Shusaku}, Diagnostic reasoning from the viewpoint of rough sets, 495-502 [Zbl 1013.92021] \textit{Wierzbicki, Jan}, Rough set approach to CBR, 503-510 [Zbl 1014.68542] \textit{Wong, S. K. M.; Butz, C. J.}, Rough sets for uncertainty reasoning, 511-518 [Zbl 1013.68232] \textit{Chakraborty, Basabi}, Feature subset selection by neuro-rough hybridization, 519-526 [Zbl 1014.68513] \textit{Jang, Seok-Woo; Kim, Kyu-Jung; Choi, Hyung-J.}, Accurate estimation of motion vectors using active block matching, 527-531 [Zbl 1014.68582] \textit{Last, Mark; Kandel, Abraham; Maimon, Oded; Eberbach, Eugene}, Anytime algorithm for feature selection, 532-539 [Zbl 1014.68603] \textit{Chun, Byung Tae; Bae, Younglae; Kim, Tai-Yun}, Reconstruction in an original video sequence of the lost region occupied by caption areas, 540-544 [Zbl 1014.68965] \textit{Czyzewski, Andrzej; Kostek, Bozena; Odya, Piotr; Zielinski, Slawomir}, Determining influence of visual cues on the perception of surround sound using soft computing, 545-552 [Zbl 1014.68979] \textit{Slezak, Dominik; Wróblewski, Jakub}, Application of normalized decision measures to the new case classification, 553-560 [Zbl 1014.68539] \textit{Swiniarski, R.}, An application of rough sets and Haar wavelets to face recognition, 561-568 [Zbl 1013.68261] \textit{Wojcik, Zbigniew M.}, Detecting spots for NASA space programs using rough sets, 569-576 [Zbl 1014.68650] \textit{Wojcik, Zbigniew M.}, Solving the localization-detection trade-off in shadow recognition problem using rough sets, 577-583 [Zbl 1014.68935] \textit{Auda, Gasser; Kamel, Mohamed}, A modular neural network for vague classification, 584-589 [Zbl 1014.68569] \textit{Araujo, L.}, Evolutionary parsing for a probabilistic context free grammar, 590-597 [Zbl 1014.68505] \textit{Chiu, Chaochang; Hsu, Jih-Tay; Lin, Chih-Yung}, The application of genetic programming in milk yield prediction for dairy cows, 598-602 [Zbl 1014.68865] \textit{Krolikowski, Rafal; Czyzewski, Andrzej; Kostek, Bozena}, Localization of sound sources by means of recurrent neural networks, 603-610 [Zbl 1014.68734] \textit{Peters, J. F.; Skowron, A.; Han, L.; Ramanna, S.}, Towards rough neural computing based on rough membership functions: Theory and application, 611-618 [Zbl 1014.68526] \textit{Tian, Lihan}, The nature of crossover operator in genetic algorithms, 619-623 [Zbl 1014.68529] \textit{Yong, Pan; Shi, Hongbao; Lei, Li}, The behavior of the complex integral neural network, 624-631 [Zbl 1014.68867] \textit{Janicki, Ryszard; Liu, Yan}, On trace assertion method of module interface specification with concurrency, 632-641 [Zbl 1013.68125] \textit{Karimi, Kamran; Johnson, Julia A.; Hamilton, Howard J.}, A proposal for including behavior in the process of object similarity assessment with examples from artificial life, 642-646 [Zbl 1014.68938] \textit{Levecq, Philippe; Meskens, Nadine}, How can help an inductive approach in the resolution of a problematic \(\alpha\) problem?, 647-651 [Zbl 1014.68971] \textit{Wu, Trong; Huang, Shu-chiung}, A timed Petri net interpreter: An alternative method for simulation, 652-660 [Zbl 1014.68578] \textit{Zhang, Chengqi; Zhang, Zili; San, Ong Swee}, An agent-based soft computing society, 661-668 [Zbl 1014.68594]