EDM: A general framework for Data Mining based on Evidence Theory

Data and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-223

  Anand, Sarabjot S ^a   Bell, David A ^a   Hughes, John G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Data Mining; Evidence Theory; Knowledge discovery in databases; Parallel discovery; Uncertainty handling

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

DATA MINING; EVIDENCE THEORY; KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY; PARALLEL DISCOVERY; UNCERTAINTY HANDLING;

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

EID: 0030122443     PISSN: 0169023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-023X(95)00038-T     Document Type: Article

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