---
title: "Lattice properties"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
vignette: >
  %\VignetteIndexEntry{Lattice Properties}
  %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
  %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
---

```{r, include = FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(
  collapse = TRUE,
  comment = "#>"
)
```

```{r setup}
library(fcaR)
```

## Introduction

Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) connects data analysis with Order Theory and Lattice Theory. Beyond simply extracting concepts, it is often useful to analyze the **algebraic structure** of the resulting Concept Lattice.

This vignette introduces a new set of features in `fcaR`, **Algebraic Properties:** Efficiently check if a concept lattice is distributive, modular, semimodular, or atomic.

## 1\. Checking lattice properties

The `ConceptLattice` class now provides methods to verify standard lattice-theoretic properties. These checks are implemented in optimized C++ for performance.

Let's use the built-in `planets` dataset as an example:

```{r properties_planets}
fc <- FormalContext$new(planets)
fc$find_concepts()

# Check properties
print(paste("Is Distributive?", fc$concepts$is_distributive()))
print(paste("Is Modular?",      fc$concepts$is_modular()))
print(paste("Is Semimodular?",  fc$concepts$is_semimodular()))
print(paste("Is Atomic?",       fc$concepts$is_atomic()))
```

### Understanding the properties

  * **Distributive:** A lattice is distributive if the operations of join ($\vee$) and meet ($\wedge$) distribute over each other. Distributive lattices are isomorphic to rings of sets (Birkhoff's Representation Theorem).
  * **Modular:** A generalization of distributivity. In a modular lattice, if $x \le z$, then $x \vee (y \wedge z) = (x \vee y) \wedge z$. All distributive lattices are modular.
  * **Upper Semimodular:** If $x$ covers $x \wedge y$, then $x \vee y$ covers $y$. This property ensures the lattice is *graded* (all maximal chains have the same length).
  * **Atomic:** Every element (except the bottom) lies above some *atom* (an element that covers the bottom). In FCA, atoms often correspond to object concepts.

### Example: A non-distributive lattice ($M_3$)

The "Diamond" lattice ($M_3$) is the smallest non-distributive lattice. Let's create it manually to verify our checks.

```{r m3_example}
# Context for M3 (The Diamond)
# 3 objects, 3 attributes. Objects have 2 attributes each.
I_m3 <- matrix(c(
  0, 1, 1,
  1, 0, 1,
  1, 1, 0
), nrow = 3, byrow = TRUE)

fc_m3 <- FormalContext$new(I_m3)
fc_m3$find_concepts()

# M3 is Modular but NOT Distributive
print(paste("M3 Distributive:", fc_m3$concepts$is_distributive()))
print(paste("M3 Modular:",      fc_m3$concepts$is_modular()))
```