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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JDS</journal-id>
<journal-title-group><journal-title>Journal of Data Science</journal-title></journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="epub">1683-8602</issn><issn pub-type="ppub">1680-743X</issn><issn-l>1680-743X</issn-l>
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<publisher-name>School of Statistics, Renmin University of China</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">JDS1247</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.6339/26-JDS1247</article-id>
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<subject>Computing in Data Science</subject></subj-group></article-categories>
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<article-title>DFA-Based Incremental Algorithm for Simplifying the Binary Discernibility Matrix</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Piza-Davila</surname><given-names>Ivan</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_jds1247_aff_001">1</xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Sanchez-Diaz</surname><given-names>Guillermo</given-names></name><email xlink:href="mailto:guillermo.sanchez@uaslp.mx">guillermo.sanchez@uaslp.mx</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_jds1247_aff_002">2</xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">∗</xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Lazo-Cortes</surname><given-names>Manuel S.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_jds1247_aff_003">3</xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Almanza-Ortega</surname><given-names>Nelva N.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_jds1247_aff_004">4</xref>
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<aff id="j_jds1247_aff_001"><label>1</label>Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, 45604, Department of Electronics, Systems, and Informatics, <institution>Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente</institution>, <country>Mexico</country></aff>
<aff id="j_jds1247_aff_002"><label>2</label>San Luis Potosi, SLP, 78290, Faculty of Engineering, <institution>Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi</institution>, <country>Mexico</country></aff>
<aff id="j_jds1247_aff_003"><label>3</label>Tlalnepantla de Baz, Edo. Mex. 54070, Division of Graduate Studies and Research, <institution>Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico/IT Tlalnepantla</institution>, <country>Mexico</country></aff>
<aff id="j_jds1247_aff_004"><label>4</label>Ciudad de Mexico, 03940, Support services directorate for the consolidation of the scientific and humanistic community, <institution>Investigadoras e Investigadores por Mexico/SECIHTI</institution>, <country>Mexico</country></aff>
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<corresp id="cor1"><label>∗</label>Corresponding author. Email: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="mailto:guillermo.sanchez@uaslp.mx">guillermo.sanchez@uaslp.mx</ext-link>.</corresp>
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<pub-date pub-type="ppub"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>15</day><month>9</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume content-type="ahead-of-print">0</volume><issue>0</issue><fpage>1</fpage><lpage>17</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>5</day><month>2</month><year>2026</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>8</day><month>9</month><year>2026</year></date></history>
<permissions><copyright-statement>2026 The Author(s). Published by the School of Statistics and the Center for Applied Statistics, Renmin University of China.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<license-p>Open access article under the <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC BY</ext-link> license.</license-p></license></permissions>
<abstract>
<p>Feature selection methods in Rough Set Theory and Logical Combinatorial Pattern Recognition commonly rely on simplified binary discernibility matrices to represent the condition attributes that distinguish objects from different decision classes. However, the original discernibility matrix involves a large number of redundant object comparisons, which severely limits computational efficiency and scalability. Although several algorithms have been proposed to compute the simplified matrix, most of them first construct the full discernibility matrix and then simplify it, making these approaches impractical for large-scale datasets. In this paper, we introduce ISBMA, an incremental algorithm based on a deterministic finite automaton that directly constructs the simplified binary discernibility and discernibility/similarity matrices without explicitly generating the full matrix. Experimental comparisons with the fastest reported method demonstrate that ISBMA significantly reduces redundant computations, requires substantially less memory, and achieves superior runtime performance, remaining feasible on large decision tables where existing approaches fail.</p>
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<label>Keywords</label>
<kwd>feature selection</kwd>
<kwd>incremental computation</kwd>
<kwd>large-scale data</kwd>
<kwd>pairwise comparison matrix</kwd>
<kwd>rough set theory</kwd>
<kwd>testor theory</kwd>
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<funding-group><funding-statement>This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.</funding-statement></funding-group>
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