Rough sets, as a powerful tool to deal with uncertainties and inaccuracies in data analysis, have been continuously concerned and studied by many scholars since it was put forward, especially the research on various rough set models. On the other hand, overlap and grouping functions, as two newly aggregation operators and mathematical model to handle the problems involving in information fusion, have been successfully applied in many real-life problems. In this paper, based on overlap and grouping functions, we propose a new fuzzy rough set model named (GO, O)-fuzzy rough sets and consider its characterizations along with topological properties. Properly speaking, firstly, we utilize QL-operators (and also QL-implications) constructed from overlap and grouping functions and fuzzy negations to define the lower approximation operator in (GO, O)-fuzzy rough set model named GO-lower fuzzy rough approximation operator and the upper approximation operator in (GO, O)-fuzzy rough set model is considered as the O-upper fuzzy rough approximation operator in (IO, O)-fuzzy rough set model proposed by Qiao recently. Secondly, we discuss lots of basic properties of (GO, O)-fuzzy rough sets, especially for the properties of GO-lower fuzzy rough approximation operator. Thirdly, we focus on the relationship between (GO, O)-fuzzy rough sets and concrete fuzzy relations. Finally, we give the topological properties of the upper and lower approximation operators in (GO, O)-fuzzy rough set model.
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