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Number 2 - June 2016
Volume 26 - 2016
A comprehensive survey on formal concept analysis, its research trends and applications
Prem Kumar Singh, Cherukuri Aswani Kumar, Abdullah Gani
Abstract
In recent years, FCA has received significant attention from research communities of various fields. Further, the theory
of FCA is being extended into different frontiers and augmented with other knowledge representation frameworks. In this
backdrop, this paper aims to provide an understanding of the necessary mathematical background for each extension of
FCA like FCA with granular computing, a fuzzy setting, interval-valued, possibility theory, triadic, factor concepts and
handling incomplete data. Subsequently, the paper illustrates emerging trends for each extension with applications. To this
end, we summarize more than 350 recent (published after 2011) research papers indexed in Google Scholar, IEEE Xplore,
ScienceDirect, Scopus, SpringerLink, and a few authoritative fundamental papers
Keywords
concept lattice, formal concept analysis, formal concept, formal context, Galois connection