Introduction to Formal Concept Analysis
Introduction to Formal Concept Analysis
Course with SWS 2/2/0 (lecture/exercise/practical) in WS 2017
The first session will be the lecture on Oct 16, 11:10 - 12:40.
This course is an introduction into formal concept analysis (FCA), a mathematical theory oriented at applications in knowledge representation, knowledge acquisition, data analysis and visualization. It provides tools for understanding the data by representing it as a hierarchy of concepts or, more exactly, a concept lattice. FCA can help in processing a wide class of data types providing a framework in which various data analysis and knowledge acquisition techniques can be formulated. In this course, we focus on some of these techniques, as well as cover the theoretical foundations and algorithmic issues of FCA.
Prerequisites
- basic knowledge of propositional and first-order logic
- some familiarity with computational complexity
Organisation
The first lecture will be on Monday, 16th October 2017, 11:10-12:40 (DS 3) in room APB E005.
The lecture is scheduled for Mondays, 11:10-12:40 (DS 3) and the tutorial for Mondays, 09:20-10:50 (DS2) in room APB E005.- Bernhard Ganter and Rudolf Wille, Formal Concept Analysis: Mathematical Foundations, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 1999.
- Claudio Carpineto and Giovanni Romano, Concept Data Analysis: Theory and Applications, Wiley, 2004.
- Proceedings of the International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2004-2012.
Subscribe to events of this course (icalendar)
| Lecture | Lecture 1 | DS3, October 16, 2017 in APB E005 | File 1, File 2, File 3 |
| Exercise | Tutorial 1 | DS2, October 30, 2017 in APB E005 | File |
| Lecture | Lecture 2 | DS3, October 30, 2017 in APB E005 | |
| Exercise | Tutorial 2 | DS2, November 6, 2017 in APB E005 | File |
| Lecture | Lecture 3 | DS3, November 6, 2017 in APB E005 | |
| Exercise | Tutorial 3 | DS2, November 13, 2017 in APB E005 | File |
| Lecture | Lecture 4 | DS3, November 13, 2017 in APB E005 | |
| Exercise | Tutorial 4 | DS2, November 20, 2017 in APB E005 | File |
| Lecture | Lecture 5 | DS3, November 20, 2017 in APB E005 | File |
| Exercise | Tutorial 5 | DS2, November 27, 2017 in APB E005 | File |
| Lecture | Lecture 6 | DS3, November 27, 2017 in APB E005 | File |
| Exercise | Tutorial 6 | DS2, December 4, 2017 in APB E005 | File |
| Lecture | Lecture 7 | DS3, December 4, 2017 in APB E005 | |
| Exercise | Tutorial 7 | DS2, December 11, 2017 in APB E005 | File |
| Lecture | Lecture 8 | DS3, December 11, 2017 in APB E005 | File |
| Exercise | Tutorial 8 | DS2, December 18, 2017 in APB E005 | File |
| Lecture | Lecture 9 | DS3, December 18, 2017 in APB E005 | File |
| Exercise | Tutorial 9 | DS2, January 8, 2018 in APB E005 | File |
| Lecture | Lecture 10 | DS3, January 8, 2018 in APB E005 | File |
| Exercise | Tutorial 10 | DS2, January 15, 2018 in APB E005 | File |
| Seminar | Question and Answer Session | DS2, January 22, 2018 in APB E005 |
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