The use of ontologies for representing database schemas of fuzzy information

International Journal of Intelligent Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 419-445

  Blanco, Ignacio J ^a   Vila, M Amparo ^a   Martinez Cruz, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ONTOLOGY; USER INTERFACES;

DOMAIN INFORMATION; FUZZY INFORMATION;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 42049107258     PISSN: 08848173     EISSN: 1098111X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/int.20274     Document Type: Article

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