Modelling uncertainty in multimedia database systems: An extended possibilistic approach

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-22

  De Tré, Guy ^a   De Caluwe, Rita ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(Multimedia) database; Constraint satisfaction; Possibilistic truth value; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FUZZY SETS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; QUERY LANGUAGES; SEMANTICS;

CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION; MULTIMEDIA DATABASE SYSTEMS; POSSIBILISTIC TRUTH VALUE;

UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037325090     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218488503001928     Document Type: Article

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