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A bond between two formal contexts \(K_1 = (G_1, M_1, I_1)\) and \(K_2 = (G_2, M_2, I_2)\) is a relation \(R \subseteq G_1 \times M_2\) such that every row of \(R\) is an intent of \(K_2\) and every column of \(R\) is an extent of \(K_1\).

Usage

is_bond(fc1, fc2, relation)

Arguments

fc1

(FormalContext) The first formal context.

fc2

(FormalContext) The second formal context.

relation

(matrix) A binary matrix or FormalContext representing the relation between objects of \(fc1\) and attributes of \(fc2\).

Value

TRUE if the relation is a bond, FALSE otherwise.