Fuzzy concepts applied to the design of a database in predictive microbiology

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1188-1200

  Buche, Patrice ^a   Dibie Barthélemy, Juliette ^a   Haemmerlé, Ollivier ^b   Thomopoulos, Rallou ^c  

^a AgroParisTech   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

^c UMR IATE   (France)

Author keywords

Flexible querying; Fuzzy database; Heterogeneous data; Predictive microbiology; Taxonomies

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATTERN MATCHING; XML;

FLEXIBLE QUERYING; FUZZY DATABASE; HETEROGENEOUS DATA; PREDICTIVE MICROBIOLOGY; TAXONOMIES;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 33645064528     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fss.2005.12.017     Document Type: Article

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