Efficient knowledge discovery through the integration of heterogeneous data

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 569-578

  Scotney, B ^a   McClean, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

DATA INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY; UNIVERSAL CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES;

DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032638831     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(99)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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