Human-Centric Information Processing Through Granular Modelling

Tuan Trung Nguyen, Andrzej Skowron (auth.), Andrzej Bargiela, Witold Pedrycz (eds.)978-3-540-76994-1, 978-3-540-85127-1

The idea of Human-Centric Information Processing was prompted by the pioneering work of Zadeh Towards a theory of fuzzy information granulation and its centrality in human reasoning and fuzzy logic (1997). Since the publication of this work, a large number of researchers have focused on identifying the nature of information granulation and its specific relationship to human information processing. We now begin to witness the rich and manifold results of this concentrated research effort of the last decade.

This volume is intended to document the milestone contributions to human-centric information processing research and to demonstrate the emerging computational methods and the processing environments that arose from these research insights. The chapters, written by experts in the field, cover the fundamental methodologies, the new information processing paradigm, functional architectures of granular information processing and granular modeling applications.

The book provides a valuable reference for researchers, graduate students intending to focus on particular aspects of human-centric information processing from a broadly informed perspective and for practitioners to whom the breadth of coverage of topics will help inspire innovative applications.

Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages –
Rough-Granular Computing in Human-Centric Information Processing….Pages 1-30
Integrative Levels of Granularity….Pages 31-47
Affinities between Perceptual Granules: Foundations and Perspectives….Pages 49-66
Concept Granular Computing Based on Lattice Theoretic Setting….Pages 67-94
Interpretability of Fuzzy Information Granules….Pages 95-118
Semantic Driven Fuzzy Clustering for Human-Centric Information Processing Applications….Pages 119-151
Many-Valued Logic Tools for Granular Modeling….Pages 153-184
Type-2 Fuzzy Logic and the Modelling of Uncertainty in Applications….Pages 185-201
Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Applications….Pages 203-231
Processing of Information Microgranules within an Individual’s Society….Pages 233-264
Autonomous Composition of Fuzzy Granules in Ambient Intelligence Scenarios….Pages 265-287
Information Processing in Biomedical Applications….Pages 289-311
Gene Interactions Sub-networks and Soft Computing….Pages 313-327
Uncertain Identification Problems in the Context of Granular Computing….Pages 329-350
Visualizing Huge Image Databases by Formal Concept Analysis….Pages 351-373
Artificial Dendritic Cells: Multi-faceted Perspectives….Pages 375-395
Back Matter….Pages –