A new method to estimate null values in relational database systems based on automatic clustering techniques

Information Sciences

Volumn 169, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 47-69

  Chen, Shyi Ming ^a   Hsiao, Hsin Ren ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Automatic clustering algorithm; Fuzzy relation; Null values; Relational database systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUZZY SETS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; QUERY LANGUAGES;

AUTOMATIC CLUSTERING ALGORITHM; ERROR ESTIMATION; FUZZY RELATION; NULL VALUES;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 10844221434     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2004.02.012     Document Type: Article

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