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In data analysis, the interplay of valuations, mapping objects into an ordered set of values, and hierarchizations, assigning to the values suitable subsets of the object set, is of central interest. Their relationship can be appropriately described and analyzed by methods for formal concept analysis. The essential step is to form suitable formal contexts with valuations as formal objects and hierarchizations as attributes. The corresponding concept lattices which contain all structural information of the interplay between valuations and hierarchizations can be completely determined.
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Biedermann, K., Wille, R. (1996). Valuations and Hierarchizations. In: Gaul, W., Pfeifer, D. (eds) From Data to Knowledge. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79999-0_13
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