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    <title>Quotient space based problem solving : a theoretical foundation of granular computing</title>
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    <publisher>Morgan Kaufmann</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2014</dateIssued>
    <edition>1st ed.</edition>
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  <abstract>Provides an in-depth treatment of hierarchical problem solving, computational complexity, and the principles and applications of multi-granular computing, including inference, information fusing, planning, and heuristic search.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Chapter 1. Problem representations -- chapter 2. Hierarchy and multi-granular computing -- chapter 3. Information synthesis in multi-granular computing -- chapter 4. Reasoning in multi-granular worlds -- chapter 5. Automatic spatial planning -- chapter 6. Statistical heuristic search -- chapter 7. The expansion of quotient space theory.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Ling Zhang and Bo Zhang.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-379) and index.</note>
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