Generalized union and project operations for pooling uncertain and imprecise information

Data and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-117

  Bell, D A ^a   Guan, J W ^a   Lee, Suk Kyoon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Database systems; Dempster Shafer theory; Relational algebra; Uncertain and imprecise information arising from different sources; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DATABASE MODELS; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; INCONSISTENCY PROBLEM; LINEAR TIME ALGORITHMS; ORTHOGONAL SUM OPERATION;

ALGORITHMS; CALCULATIONS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY;

DATA STRUCTURES;

EID: 0030109039     PISSN: 0169023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-023X(95)00029-R     Document Type: Article

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