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Knowledge reduction is an important issue in data mining. This paper focuses on the problem of knowledge reduction in incomplete decision tables. Based on a concept of incomplete conditional entropy, a new reduct definition is presented for incomplete decision tables and its properties are analyzed. Compared with several existing reduct definitions, the new definition has a better explanation for knowledge uncertainty and is more convenient for application of the idea of approximate reduct in incomplete decision tables.
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Li, R., Huang, D. (2005). Reducts in Incomplete Decision Tables. In: Li, X., Wang, S., Dong, Z.Y. (eds) Advanced Data Mining and Applications. ADMA 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3584. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11527503_20
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