Equivalence and transformation of extended algebraic operators in fuzzy relational databases

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1581-1596

  Tang, Xiaohui ^a   Chen, Guoqing ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Fuzzy databases; Possibility distribution; Relational algebraic operators; Transformation rules

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUERY LANGUAGES; RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS;

ALGEBRAIC OPERATORS; DATA MODEL; FUZZY RELATIONAL DATABASES; RELATIONAL ALGEBRA;

MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

EID: 33646254140     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fss.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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