Incorporating fuzzy information into the formal mapping from web data model to extended entity-relationship model

Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 313-330

  Yan, Li ^a   Ma, Z M ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Data model; fuzzy extended entity relationship model; fuzzy XML model; mapping

Indexed keywords

DATA ABSTRACTION; DE FACTO STANDARD; ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP; ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP MODEL; FORMAL MAPPING; FUZZY DATA; FUZZY INFORMATION; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; INFORMATION REPRESENTATION; REAL-WORLD APPLICATION; WEB DATA MODELS; XML (EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE); XML DATA;

DATA MINING; DATA STRUCTURES; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SYSTEMS; MAPPING; MODELS;

XML;

EID: 84867516535     PISSN: 10692509     EISSN: 18758835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ICA-2012-0408     Document Type: Article

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