A deductive probabilistic and fuzzy object-oriented database language

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-150

  Cao, T H ^b   Rossiter, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

FRIL++; Fuzzy object oriented databases

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; LOGIC PROGRAMMING; PROBABILITY;

OBJECT-ORIENTED DATABASE LANGUAGE;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0141998813     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0114(03)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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