Abstract: Granular computing is an emerging research method to deal with information and knowledge processing which is an umbrella term to cover any theories, methodologies, techniques and tools that make use of granules in problem solving. This paper reviews the research of status of granular computing, the models and approaches of granular computing, the application in data mining of granular computing and future research issues are also given.

Key words: granular computing, fuzzy set, rough set, data mining

摘要： 粒计算是处理信息和知识过程的一种新的研究方法，覆盖了所有粒度的理论、方法、技术和工具的研究。该文综述了粒计算发展现状、粒计算的理论、粒计算模型与方法、粒计算在数据挖掘中的应用研究，并给出了粒计算未来可能的研究方向。

关键词: 粒计算, fuzzy集, rough集, 数据挖掘

CLC Number: 

• TP311