Covering based multigranulation fuzzy rough sets and corresponding applications

Abstract

By combining covering based rough sets, fuzzy rough sets, and multigranulation rough sets, we introduce covering based multigranulation fuzzy rough set models by means of fuzzy $$\\beta $$ β -neighborhoods. We investigate axiomatic characterizations of covering based optimistic, pessimistic and variable precision multigranulation fuzzy rough set models. We propose coverings based $$\\alpha $$ α -optimistic (pessimistic) multigranulation fuzzy rough sets and D -optimistic (pessimistic) multigranulation fuzzy rough sets from fuzzy measures. We examine the relationships among these kinds of coverings based fuzzy rough sets. Finally, we apply the proposed models to solve problems for multi-criteria group decision-making.