Clustering semantically related classes in a heterogeneous multidatabase system

Information Sciences

Volumn 162, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 193-210

  Duwairi, Rehab M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Federated database systems; Knowledge discovery; Multidatabase systems; Semantic heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTEGRATION; INTERNET; INTRANETS; SEMANTICS;

FEDERATED DATABASE SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY; MULTIDATABASE SYSTEMS; SEMANTIC HETEROGENEITY;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 2442640649     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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