Fractal Analysis Approaches to Granular Computing

Granular computing has emerged as one of the fastest growing information processing paradigms in computational intelligence and human-centric systems. Fractal analysis has equally gained ground in understanding complex phenomena. This article examines and analyzes fractal analysis and its close relationship with granular computing. We argue that fractal analysis can be viewed as special granular computing approaches especially from methodology and mechanism point of views. In this article, we also bring out the granular structure existing in a fractal analysis application. The aim of this research is to demonstrate fractal analysis as a granular computing approach based on these findings.