Using evidence theory for the integration of distributed databases

International Journal of Intelligent Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 763-776

  McClean, Sally ^a   Scotney, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EVIDENCE THEORY; KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY; WEIGHTED SUM OPERATOR;

DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031259191     PISSN: 08848173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-111X(199710)12:10<763::AID-INT5>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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