Using background knowledge in the aggregation of imprecise evidence in databases

Data and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-143

  McClean, Sally ^a   Scotney, Bryan ^a   Shapcott, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LOGIC PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; REENGINEERING;

AGGREGATION OPERATOR; EVIDENCE THEORY; KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034140581     PISSN: 0169023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-023X(99)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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