Verification and transformation of complex and uncertain conceptual schemas

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 655-679

  Yazici, Adnan ^a   Merdan, Osman ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Logical Database Model; Semantic Data Model; Uncertain and Complex Information; Verification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344839564     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218488597000488     Document Type: Article

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