A flexible model for the evaluation of soft conditional preferences in fuzzy databases

International Journal of Intelligent Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 12 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 1264-1281

  Bordogna, Gloria ^a   Pasi, Gabriella ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; PETROLEUM REFINING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; THEOREM PROVING;

BASIC IDEAS; DEGREE OF SATISFACTIONS; EVALUATION FUNCTIONS; FLEXIBLE MODELS; FUZZY DATABASES; FUZZY PREDICATES; ITS EVALUATIONS; SATISFACTION DEGREES; SINGLE STEPS; SOFT CONSTRAINTS;

FUNCTION EVALUATION;

EID: 56749102570     PISSN: 08848173     EISSN: 1098111X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/int.20319     Document Type: Article

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