Fuzzy querying of incomplete, imprecise, and heterogeneously structured data in the relational model using ontologies and rules

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-383

  Buche, Patrice ^a   Dervin, Catherine ^a   Haemmerlé, Ollivier ^a   Thomopoulos, Rallou ^a  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Fuzzy database; Fuzzy querying; Heterogeneous data; Ontologies; Query completion rules

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA STRUCTURES; FORMAL LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUERY LANGUAGES;

FUZZY DATABASE; FUZZY QUERYING; HETEROGENOUS DATA; ONTOLOGIES; QUERY COMPLETION RULES;

RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 21444433038     PISSN: 10636706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2004.841736     Document Type: Article

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