Fuzzy Databases: Principles and Applications

✍ Scribed by Frederick E. Petry (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 235
• Series: International Series in Intelligent Technologies 5
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume presents the results of approximately 15 years of work from researchers around the world on the use of fuzzy set theory to represent imprecision in databases. The maturity of the research in the discipline and the recent developments in commercial/industrial fuzzy databases provided an opportunity to produce this survey. In this introduction we will describe briefly how fuzzy databases fit into the overall design of database systems and then overview the organization of the text. FUZZY DATABASE LANDSCAPE The last five years have been witness to a revolution in the database research community. The dominant data models have changed and the consensus on what constitutes worthwhile research is in flux. Also, at this time, it is possible to gain a perspective on what has been accomplished in the area of fuzzy databases. Therefore, now is an opportune time to take stock of the past and establish a framework. A framework should assist in evaluating future research through a better understanding of the different aspects of imprecision that a database can model [ 1 l.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Database Fundamentals....Pages 1-30
Relational Databases and Fuzzy Sets Background....Pages 31-61
Similarity-Based Models....Pages 63-102
Possibility-Based Models....Pages 103-143
Alternative Database Models and Approaches....Pages 145-184
Commercial Applications....Pages 185-221
Back Matter....Pages 223-226

✦ Subjects

Mathematical Logic and Foundations; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)