Fuzzy interpretation of discretized intervals

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 753-759

  Wu, Xindong ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Discretization; Fuzzy intervals; Rule interpretation

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DATABASE SYSTEMS;

DISCRETIZED INTERVALS; RULE INDUCTION;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 0033280309     PISSN: 10636706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/91.811246     Document Type: Article

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