JingTao Yao A Ten-year Review of Granular Computing JingTao Yao Department of Computer Science University or Regina, Regina, CanadaRegina pp

JingTao Yao 2 A Ten-year Review of Granular Computing Granular Computing Solving complex problems with granules. Zadeh: a basis for computing with words. Yao YY: a triangle: philosophical level thinking, methodological level problem solving, computational information processing Bargiella and Pedrycz: human centered information processing: semantical data transformation, non-computational verification of information abstractions

JingTao Yao 3 A Ten-year Review of Granular Computing Basic Concepts Granules Granulation –Decomposition: coarser => finer –Construction: finer=> coarser Relationship Covering, partition

JingTao Yao 4 A Ten-year Review of Granular Computing Past, Present, and Future Standing on shoulders of giants To know and to be known. Find representative granular articles Know what is going on Understand trends Databases –ISI Web of Science –IEEE Digital Library

JingTao Yao 5 A Ten-year Review of Granular Computing Search Time: Data by April 29, 2007 Terms –Granular computing –Information granularity –Information granulation –Granular computation From Title, Abstract, Key Words

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JingTao Yao 7 A Ten-year Review of Granular Computing Granular Computing Abbreviations GrC Grc GC Gc gc

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JingTao Yao 9 A Ten-year Review of Granular Computing Citation Each Year Citations Papers Citation/ Paper

JingTao Yao 10 A Ten-year Review of Granular Computing Highly Cited Papers

JingTao Yao 11 A Ten-year Review of Granular Computing Highly Cited Papers

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JingTao Yao 15 A Ten-year Review of Granular Computing Research Trends and Interaction Scientific growth is a diffusion process (Crane 1972: Invisible colleges) In the areas where researchers are aware of each other's existence, the curve of cumulative growth of publications and of authors entering the field follows a logistic pattern. –More new authors –Interacting with other domain –More publications

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JingTao Yao 17 A Ten-year Review of Granular Computing Granular Computing Trend More linear like growth –Growth slowly –Less new authors (? did not check) Interaction –Fuzzy (6/15) –Rough (7/15) –Remaining (3/15) Hidden Fuzzy (2/3) Hidden Rough (1/3) –Others ? (interval computing, concept lattice, …) Runge-Kutta

JingTao Yao 18 A Ten-year Review of Granular Computing Concluding Remarks Use standard term in Title, Abstract, and Keywords. (to be known) –Granular Computing, GrC –Searchable from bibliographic databases GrC researc grows healthily but still have long way to go - > need more interaction Interact with other domain –GrC shares many thoughts with other domain especially in philosophical level –Come (Invite people from other domains, WI-IAT-BIBM) –Go (Attend, submit GrC papers to other conferences, journals) New blood

JingTao Yao 19 A Ten-year Review of Granular Computing New Book Novel Development of Granular Computing: Applications for Advanced Human Reasoning and Soft Computation Edited By JingTao Yao Will be published by IGI Global –Full Chapter Due on March 15,

JingTao Yao A Ten-year Review of Granular Computing JingTao Yao Department of Computer Science University or Regina, Canada

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