(Fuzzy) rough sets are closely related to (fuzzy) topologies. Neutrosophic rough sets and neutrosophic topologies are extensions of (fuzzy) rough sets and (fuzzy) topologies, respectively. In this paper, a new type of neutrosophic rough sets is presented, and the basic properties and the relationships to neutrosophic topology are discussed.

In this paper, we defined the basic idea of the single-valued neutrosophic upper, single-valued neutrosophic lower and single-valued neutrosophic boundary sets of a rough single-valued neutrosophic set in a single-valued neutrosophic approximation space. We joined the single-valued neutrosophic ideal notion with the single-valued neutrosophic approximation spaces and then introduced the single-valued neutrosophic ideal approximation closure and interior operators associated with a rough single-valued neutrosophic set, single-valued neutrosophic ideal approximation connectedness and the single-valued neutrosophic ideal approximation continuity between single-valued neutrosophic ideal approximation spaces are introduced. The concepts of single-valued neutrosophic groups and their approximations have also been applied in the development of fuzzy systems, enhancing their ability to model and reason using uncertain and imprecise information.

The LNCS journal Transactions on Rough Sets is devoted to the entire spectrum of rough sets related issues, from logical and mathematical foundations, through all aspects of rough set theory and its applications, such as data mining, knowledge discovery, and intelligent information processing, to relations between rough sets and other approaches to uncertainty, vagueness, and incompleteness, such as fuzzy sets and theory of evidence. Volume XXIII in the series is a continuation of a number of research streams that have grown out of the seminal work of Zdzislaw Pawlak during the first decade of the 21st century.

Contributors to current issue (listed in papers’ order): Ibrahim Yasser, Abeer Twakol, A. A. Abd El-Khalek, A. A. Salama, Ahmed Sharaf Al-Din, Issam Abu Al-Qasim, Rafif Alhabib, Magdy Badran, Remya P. B, Francina Shalini, Masoud Ghods, Zahra Rostami, A. Sahaya Sudha, Luiz Flavio Autran Monteiro Gomes, K.R. Vijayalakshmi, Prakasam Muralikrishna, Surya Manokaran, Nidhi Singh, Avishek Chakraborty, Soma Bose Biswas, Malini Majumdar, Rakhal Das, Binod Chandra Tripathy, Nidhi Singh, Avishek Chakraborty, Nilabhra Paul, Deepshikha Sarma, Akash Singh, Uttam Kumar Bera, Fatimah M. Mohammed, Sarah W. Raheem, Muhammad Riaz, Florentin Smarandache, Faruk Karaaslan, Masooma Raza Hashmi, Iqra Nawaz, Kousik Das, Sovan Samanta, Kajal De, Xavier Encarnacion, Nivetha Martin, I. Pradeepa, N. Ramila Gandhi, P. Pandiammal, Aiman Muzaffar, Md Tabrez Nafis, Shahab Saquib Sohail, Abhijit Saha, Jhulaneswar Baidya, Debjit Dutta, Irfan Deli, Said Broumi, Mohsin Khalid, Neha Andaleeb Khalid, Md. Hanif Page, Qays Hatem Imran, Shilpi Pal, S. Satham Hussain, Saeid Jafari, N. Durga, Hanieh Shambayati, Mohsen Shafiei Nikabadi, Seyed Mohammad, Ali Khatami Firouzabadi, Mohammad Rahmanimanesh, Mujahid Abbas, Ghulam Murtaza, K. Porselvi, B. Elavarasan, Y. B. Jun, Chinnadurai V, Sindhu M P, K.Radhika, K. Arun Prakash, Malayalan Lathamaheswari, Ruipu Tan, Deivanayagampillai Nagarajan, Talea Mohamed, Assia Bakali, Nivetha Martin, R. Dhavaseelan, Ali Hussein Mahmood Al-Obaidi, Suman Das, Surapati Pramanik, Madad Khan, Muhammad Zeeshan, Saima Anis, Abdul Sami Awan, M. Sarwar Sindhu, Tabasam Rashid, Agha Kashif, Rajesh Kumar Saini, Atul Sangal, Manisha.

In this paper we have obtained the similarity measures between single valued neutrosophic rough sets by analyzing the concept of its distance between them and studied its properties. Further we have studied its similarity based on its membership degrees and studied its properties. We have also defined the cardinality of two single valued neutrosophic rough sets. A numerical example in medical diagnosis is given for the proposed similarity measure of the single valued neutrosophic rough sets which helps us to prove the usefulness and flexibility of the proposed method.

In this manuscript, we introduce the notion of neutrosophic soft rough topology (NSR-topology) defined on neutrosophic soft rough set (NSR-set). We define certain properties of NSR- topology including NSR-interior, NSR-closure, NSR-exterior, NSR-neighborhood, NSR-limit point, and NSR-bases. Furthermore, we aim to develop some multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods based on NSR-set and NSR-topology to deal with ambiguities in the real-world problems. For this purpose, we establish algorithm 1 for suitable brand selection and algorithm 2 to determinencore issues to control crime rate based on NSR-lower approximations, NSR-upper approximations, matrices, core, and NSR-topology.

“Neutrosophic Sets and Systems” has been created for publications on advanced studies in neutrosophy, neutrosophic set, neutrosophic logic, neutrosophic probability, neutrosophic statistics that started in 1995 and their applications in any field, such as the neutrosophic structures developed in algebra, geometry, topology, etc.