Entity identification for heterogeneous database integration - A multiple classifier system approach and empirical evaluation

Information Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-132

  Zhao, Huimin ^a   Ram, Sudha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Entity identification; Heterogeneous database integration; Multiple classifier system

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA WAREHOUSES; INTERNET; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ENTITY IDENTIFICATION; HETEROGENEOUS DATABASE INTEGRATION; MULTIPLE CLASSIFIER SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL PATTERN RECOGNITION;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 5644287747     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.is.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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