The structure of rough sets defined by reflexive relations




Järvinen Jouni; Radeleczki Sándor

PublisherElsevier BV

2025

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

109471

185

109471

0888-613X

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijar.2025.109471

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijar.2025.109471



For several types of information relations, the induced rough sets system RS does not form a lattice but only a partially ordered set. However, by studying its Dedekind–MacNeille completion DM(RS), one may reveal new important properties of rough set structures. Building upon D. Umadevi's work on describing joins and meets in DM(RS), we previously investigated pseudo-Kleene algebras defined on DM(RS) for reflexive relations. This paper delves deeper into the order-theoretic properties of DM(RS) in the context of reflexive relations. We describe the completely join-irreducible elements of DM(RS) and characterize when DM(RS) is a spatial completely distributive lattice. We show that even in the case of a non-transitive reflexive relation, DM(RS) can form a Nelson algebra, a property generally associated with quasiorders. We introduce a novel concept, the core of a relational neighbourhood, and use it to provide a necessary and sufficient condition for DM(RS) to determine a Nelson algebra.



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