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Using Alternative Contexts in Concept Hierarchies to Inspire Creativity

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In this paper we examine issues involving measures of creativity for data generalization using hierarchies. In particular we consider consensus and specificity measures for the partitions that result using crisp concept hierarchies. We note that fuzzy hierarchies do not produce partitions of data in general so some approaches to considering “partitionness’ is described.

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  1. MC&G Code 7440.5, Naval Research Laboratory Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, MS, 39529, USA

    Frederick E. Petry

  2. Machine Intelligence Institute, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY, USA

    Ronald R. Yager

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  1. , Iona College, Machine Intelligence Institute, New Rochelle, 10801, New York, USA

    Ronald R. Yager

  2. Information Technologies of the, Republic of Azerbaijan, Ministry of Communications and, Zarifa Aliyeva str. 33, Baku, AZ1000, Azerbaijan

    Ali M. Abbasov

  3. , Department of Electrical, University of Alberta, ECERF Building W5-023, Edmonton, T6G 2V4, Alberta, Canada

    Marek Z. Reformat

  4. , Department of Information Technology, Azerbaijan Technical University, 25 H.Cavid Ave., Baku, AZ1073, Azerbaijan

    Shahnaz N. Shahbazova

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Petry, F.E., Yager, R.R. (2013). Using Alternative Contexts in Concept Hierarchies to Inspire Creativity. In: Yager, R., Abbasov, A., Reformat, M., Shahbazova, S. (eds) Soft Computing: State of the Art Theory and Novel Applications. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 291. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34922-5_2

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