A fuzzy constraint satisfaction approach for signal abstraction

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 324-340

  Otero, A ^a   Felix P ^b   Barro, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fuzzy constraint networks; Fuzzy sets; Knowledge representation; Signal processing; Temporal abstraction

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FORMAL LANGUAGES; FUZZY SETS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SECURITY OF DATA; SET THEORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STEELMAKING;

ABSTRACTION LEVELS; CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION PROBLEMS; FORMAL MODELS; FUZZY CONSTRAINT NETWORKS; FUZZY CONSTRAINT SATISFACTIONS; FUZZY SET; HUMAN KNOWLEDGE; MULTI VARIABLES; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL PATTERNS; SIGNAL RECORDINGS; TEMPORAL ABSTRACTION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTIONS; VISUAL TOOLS;

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

EID: 59749084230     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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