Rules transformation using formal concept approach

Abstract

One important part of modern information systems is rules. Rules that define or constrain some aspects of activities in an application domain are usually written using natural language in declarative form. However, for applying rules in information systems we need to use formal rules. In this chapter we propose a method that allows the transformation of declarative rules represented in natural language into formal rules. For transformation we used formal context. In that formal context are described all concepts required for transformation of rules. The suggested method allows simplifying the input and transformation of rules.