The rough set database system: An overview

Abstract

The paper describes the "Rough Sets Database System" (called in short the RSDS system) for the creation of bibliography on rough sets and their applications. This database is the most comprehensive online rough sets bibliography and accessible under the following web-site address: http://rsds.wsiz.rzeszow.pl The service has been developed in order to facilitate the creation of rough sets bibliography, for various types of publications. At the moment the bibliography contains over 1400 entries from more than 450 authors. It is possible to create the bibliography in HTML or BibTeX format. In order to broaden the service contents it is possible to append new data using specially dedicated form. After appending data online the database is updated automatically. If one prefers sending a data file to the database administrator, please be aware that the database is updated once a month. In the current version of the RSDS system, there is the possibility for appending to each publication an abstract and keywords. As a natural consequence of this improvement there exists a possibility for searching a publication by keywords.