Uncertainty in Multi-Source Databases

Database and database systems have become an essential part of everyday life, such as in banking activities, online shopping, or reservations of airline tickets and hotels. These trends place more demands on the capabilities of future database systems, which need to evolve into decision making syste...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nair, Premchand S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2003, 2003
Edition:1st ed. 2003
Series:Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Ciset
  • 1.1 Confidence Index
  • 1.2 Confidence Index Set
  • 1.3 Basic Operations
  • 1.4 Relations
  • 2 The Relational Model
  • 2.1 Formalization of Relation
  • 2.2 Integrity Constraints
  • 2.3 The Relational Operators
  • 3 The Ciset Relational Model
  • 3.1 Formalization of Ciset Relation
  • 3.2 Integrity Constraints
  • 4 The Ciset Relational Algebra
  • 4.1 Union, Intersection and Difference
  • 4.2 Select and Project
  • 4.3 Product and Join
  • 4.4 Equi-join and Theta-join
  • 4.5 Divide
  • 5 Alternate Worlds
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Precision of Ciset Relational Operations
  • 6 Additional Ciset Operations
  • 6.1 Confidence Index Operations
  • 6.2 Ciset Operations
  • 6.3 C-relations
  • 7 Information Source Tracking
  • 7.1 The IST Model
  • 7.2 Alternate Worlds
  • 7.3 Extended Relational Algebra Operations
  • 7.4 Probabilistic Approach
  • References
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables