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The structure of rough sets defined by reflexive relations
Tekijät: Järvinen Jouni; Radeleczki Sándor
Kustantaja: Elsevier BV
Julkaisuvuosi: 2025
Journal: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
Artikkelin numero: 109471
Vuosikerta: 185
Aloitussivu: 109471
ISSN: 0888-613X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijar.2025.109471
Verkko-osoite: 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.