A computational algorithm for handling the special uniques problem

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 493-509

  Elliot, Mark J ^a   Manning, Anna M ^a   Ford, Rupert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Classification; Data mining; Statistical disclosure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATA MINING; DIGITAL STORAGE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DISCRETE DATA;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 0036811142     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218488502001600     Document Type: Article

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