Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing Third International Confe

This volume contains the papers selected for presentation at the Third Inter- tional Conference on Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing (RSCTC 2002) held at Penn State Great Valley, Malvern, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 14–16 October 2002. Rough set theory

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science Edited by G. Goos, J. Hartmanis, and J. van Leeuwen

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Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing Third International Conference, RSCTC 2002 Malvern, PA, USA, October 14-16, 2002 Proceedings

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Series Editors Jaime G. Carbonell, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA J¨org Siekmann, University of Saarland, Saarbr¨ucken, Germany Volume Editors James J. Alpigini Penn State Great Valley School of Professional Graduate Studies 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA 19355, USA E-mail: [email protected] James F. Peters University of Manitoba, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada E-mail: [email protected] Andrzej Skowron Warsaw University, Institute of Mathematics Banacha 2, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland E-mail: [email protected] Ning Zhong Maebashi Institute of Technology Department of Systems and Information Engineering 460-1 Kamisadori-Cho, Maebashi-City 371-0816, Japan E-mail: [email protected] Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Rough sets and current trends in computing : third international conference ; proceedings / RSCTC 2002, Malvern, PA, USA, October 14 - 16, 2002. James J. Alpigini ... (ed.). - Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York ; Hong Kong ; London ; Milan ; Paris ; Tokyo : Springer, 2002 (Lecture notes in computer science ; Vol. 2475 : Lecture notes in artificial intelligence) ISBN 3-540-44274-X CR Subject Classification (1998): I.2, F.4.1, F.1, I.5.1, I.4, H.2.8 ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 3-540-44274-X Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York, a member of BertelsmannSpringer Science+Business Media GmbH http://www.springer.de © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002 Printed in Germany Typesetting: Camera-ready by author, data conversion by PTP-Berlin, Stefan Sossna e.K. Printed on acid-free paper SPIN: 10871364 06/3142 543210

Preface

This volume contains the papers selected for presentation at the Third International Conference on Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing (RSCTC 2002) held at Penn State Great Valley, Malvern, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 14–16 October 2002. Rough set theory and its applications constitute a branch of soft computing that has exhibited a significant growth rate during recent