An Interface to Databases for Flexible Query Answering: A Fuzzy-Set Approach

This paper addresses a class of fuzzy queries with imprecise qualification. The imprecise qualification may contain a vague/imprecise expression, a linguistic term, or/and linguistic modifiers of the types (very) and (fairly). Single-attribute imprecise qualifications are studied in great length. A...

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Main Authors: Loo, Grace Saulan, Lee, Kok-Huat
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
approximate
Computer science
control theory
systems
design
Exact sciences and technology
flexibility
fuzzy
imprecise
Information systems. Data bases
interface
linguistic
Memory organisation. Data processing
query modification
Software
α-cut
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Summary:This paper addresses a class of fuzzy queries with imprecise qualification. The imprecise qualification may contain a vague/imprecise expression, a linguistic term, or/and linguistic modifiers of the types (very) and (fairly). Single-attribute imprecise qualifications are studied in great length. A flexible α-cut technique is proposed for finding, approximate answers for simple imprecise qualifications, and also for formulating an integrated structure to deal with multiple (very) and multiple (fairly) for answering composite qualifications. The issues on negation and complex queries are briefly discussed. The proposed α-cut approach is adopted in the design of a front-end objected-oriented intelligent interface to access a relational database via a general-purpose relational DBMS.
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/3-540-44469-6_61