Bi-ideal approximation spaces and their applications

Abstract

The original model of rough sets was advanced by Pawlak, which was mainly involved with the approximation of things using an equivalence relation on the universal set of his approximation space. In this paper, two kinds of approximation operators via ideals which represent extensions of Pawlak’s approximation operator have been presented. In both kinds, the definitions of upper and lower approximations based on ideals have been given. Moreover, a new type of approximation spaces via two ideals which is called bi-ideal approximation spaces was introduced for the first time. This type of approximations was analyzed by two different methods, their properties are investigated, and the relationship between these methods is proposed. The importance of these methods was its dependent on ideals which were topological tools, and the two ideals represent two opinions instead of one opinion. At the end of the paper, an applied example had been introduced in the chemistry field by applying the current methods to illustrate the definitions in a friendly way.