Extracting knowledge from fuzzy relational databases with description logic

Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-200

  Ma, Z M ^a   Zhang, Fu ^a   Yan, Li ^b   Cheng, Jingwei ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

fuzzy description logic; fuzzy relational databases; Knowledge extraction; reasoning

Indexed keywords

DATA INFORMATIONS; DATABASE APPLICATIONS; DESCRIPTION LOGIC; EXPRESSIVE POWER; FUZZY DESCRIPTION LOGIC; FUZZY RELATIONAL DATABASE; FUZZY RELATIONAL DATABASES; KNOWLEDGE BASE; KNOWLEDGE EXTRACTION; REASONING; REASONING MECHANISM; REASONING PROBLEMS; SATISFIABILITY;

FORMAL LANGUAGES; FORMAL LOGIC; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; METADATA;

DATA DESCRIPTION;

EID: 79953300309     PISSN: 10692509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ICA-2011-0366     Document Type: Article

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