Fuzzy XML data modeling with the UML and relational data models

Data and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 972-996

  Ma, Z M ^a   Yan, Li ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conceptual design; Fuzzy sets and possibility distributions; Mapping; Relational databases; UML; XML

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; FUZZY SETS; INTERNET; RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS; WEB SERVICES; XML;

FUZZY XML DATA MODELING; POSSIBILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DATA STRUCTURES;

EID: 34548670727     PISSN: 0169023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.datak.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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