Granular computing: the paradigm, concepts and algorithmic framework

Instructor: Prof. Witold Pedrycz

Affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Duration: 3 hours

Date: March 11, 2005 at 9:30 a.m.

Place: Faculty of Engineering, room A.1.2

Contacts: Prof. Francesco Marcelloni


Aims

This tutorial is aimed at providing a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of granular computing, its formal frameworks and selected algorithms.

Outline

  • Granular computing: introductory notes and motivation
  • Fundamental formalisms of information granules and their calculu
  • Development of information granules: selected methods
  • Communication issues and granular interfaces
  • Granular modeling