Title : 
Distributed Intervals: A Formal Framework for Information Granulation
         
        
            Author : 
Tahayori, Hooman ; Pedrycz, Witold ; Antoni, Giovanni Degli
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Univ. degli Studi di Milano, Milan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The notion of distributed interval, as a formal framework for information granulation, represented by the collection of finite number of general-intervals is introduced. Operations on distributed intervals are defined based on the corresponding general-intervals´. Distributed intervals provide a bi-criteria framework for information granulation that can be used as a conceptually rich structure in granular computing.
         
        
            Keywords : 
computation theory; bicriteria framework; distributed intervals; formal framework; general-intervals finite number; granular computing; information granulation; Arithmetic; Constraint theory; Distributed computing; Extraterrestrial measurements; Humans; Upper bound;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007. CCECE 2007. Canadian Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Vancouver, BC
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-4244-1020-7
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
0840-7789
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CCECE.2007.354