Representing a concept lattice by a graph

  • Authors:
  • Anne Berry;Alain Sigayret

  • Affiliations:
  • LIMOS UMR CNRS 6158, Ensemble Scientifique des Cézeaux, Université Blaise Pascal, 63170 Aubière, France;LIMOS UMR CNRS 6158, Ensemble Scientifique des Cézeaux, Université Blaise Pascal, 63170 Aubière, France

  • Venue:
  • Discrete Applied Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Concept lattices (also called Galois lattices) are an ordering of the maximal rectangles defined by a binary relation. In this paper, we present a new relationship between lattices and graphs: given a binary relation R, we define an underlying graph G"R, and establish a one-to-one correspondence between the set of elements of the concept lattice of R and the set of minimal separators of G"R. We explain how to use the properties of minimal separators to define a sublattice, decompose a binary relation, and generate the elements of the lattice.