A conceptual approach for dealing with imprecision and uncertainty in object-based data models

International Journal of Intelligent Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 791-806

  Vila, M A ^a   Cubero, J C ^a   Medina, J M ^a   Pons, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS;

OBJECT BASED DATA MODELS; OBJECT ORIENTED DATABASE SYSTEM; SEMANTIC DATA MODEL;

DATA STRUCTURES;

EID: 0030270444     PISSN: 08848173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-111x(199610)11:10<791::aid-int6>3.0.co;2-u     Document Type: Article

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