Author | Petry, Frederick E. author |
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Title | Fuzzy Databases [electronic resource] : Principles and Applications / by Frederick E. Petry |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1996 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1319-9 |
Descript | XIV, 226 p. online resource |
1 Database Fundamentals -- Database Principles -- Database Design -- Database Models -- Imprecision in Conventional Databases -- References -- 2 Relational Databases and Fuzzy Sets Background -- Relational Database Concepts -- Fuzzy Set Theory -- References -- 3 Similarity-Based Models -- Basic Fuzzy Databases Approaches -- Similarity-Based Models -- Proximity-Based Models -- Distinguishability Data Model -- Querying Fuzzy Relational Databases -- Fuzzy Functional Dependencies -- Information-Theoretic Measures -- Fuzzy Database Security -- References -- 4 Possibility-Based Models -- Weighted Tuples -- Possibility-Based Fuzzy Relational Databases -- Query Languages -- Related Database Issues -- Implementation Issues -- References -- 5 Alternative Database Models and Approaches -- Entity-Relationship Models -- Network Data Models -- Object-Oriented Models -- Rough Sets Approach -- Geographical Information Systems -- References -- 6 Commerical and Industrial Applications -- Fuzzy Querying Front End Interfaces -- Special Purpose Systems -- Commerically Available Products -- Summary -- References