Flexible Databases Supporting Imprecision and Uncertainty

This volume collects selected contributions on the application of heterogeneous methods for managing uncertainty and imprecision in databases. It contains both survey chapters on classic topics such as "flexible querying in databases", and up to date ontr

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Flexible Databases Supporting Imprecision and Uncertainty

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Gloria Bordogna, Giuseppe Psaila (Eds.) Flexible Databases Supporting Imprecision and Uncertainty

Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, Volume 203 Editor-in-chief Prof. Janusz Kacprzyk Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences ul. Newelska 6 01-447 Warsaw Poland E-mail: [email protected] Further volumes of this series can be found on our homepage: springer.com Vol. 187. Zhong Li, Wolfgang A. Halang, Guanrong Chen (Eds.) Integration of Fuzzy Logic and Chaos Theory, 2006 ISBN 3-540-26899-5 Vol. 188. James J. Buckley, Leonard J. Jowers Simulating Continuous Fuzzy Systems, 2006 ISBN 3-540-28455-9 Vol. 189. Hans Bandemer Mathematics of Uncertainty, 2006 ISBN 3-540-28457-5 Vol. 190. Ying-ping Chen Extending the Scalability of Linkage Learning Genetic Algorithms, 2006 ISBN 3-540-28459-1 Vol. 191. Martin V. Butz Rule-Based Evolutionary Online Learning Systems, 2006 ISBN 3-540-25379-3 Vol. 192. Jose A. Lozano, Pedro Larrañaga, Iñaki Inza, Endika Bengoetxea (Eds.) Towards a New Evolutionary Computation, 2006 ISBN 3-540-29006-0 Vol. 193. Ingo Glöckner Fuzzy Quantifiers: A Computational Theory, 2006 ISBN 3-540-29634-4 Vol. 194. Dawn E. Holmes, Lakhmi C. Jain (Eds.) Innovations in Machine Learning, 2006 ISBN 3-540-30609-9

Vol. 195. Zongmin Ma Fuzzy Database Modeling of Imprecise and Uncertain Engineering Information, 2006 ISBN 3-540-30675-7 Vol. 196. James J. Buckley Fuzzy Probability and Statistics, 2006 ISBN 3-540-30841-5 Vol. 197. Enrique Herrera-Viedma, Gabriella Pasi, Fabio Crestani (Eds.) Soft Computing in Web Information Retrieval, 2006 ISBN 3-540-31588-8 Vol. 198. Hung T. Nguyen, Berlin Wu Fundamentals of Statistics with Fuzzy Data, 2006 ISBN 3-540-31695-7 Vol. 199. Zhong Li Fuzzy Chaotic Systems, 2006 ISBN 3-540-33220-0 Vol. 200. Kai Michels, Frank Klawonn, Rudolf Kruse, Andreas Nürnberger Fuzzy Control, 2006 ISBN 3-540-31765-1 Vol. 201. Cengiz Kahraman (Ed.) Fuzzy Applications in Industrial Engineering, 2006 ISBN 3-540-33516-1 Vol. 202. Patrick Doherty, Witold Łukaszewicz, Andrzej Skowron, Andrzej Szałas Knowledge Representation Techniques, 2006 ISBN 3-540-33518-8 Vol. 203. Gloria Bordogna, Giuseppe Psaila (Eds.) Flexible Databases Supporting Imprecision and Uncertainty, 2006 ISBN 3-540-33288-X

Gloria Bordogna Giuseppe Psaila (Eds.)

Flexible Databases Supporting Imprecision and Uncertainty

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Dr. Gloria Bordogna

Professor Giuseppe Psaila

CNR IDPA National Research Council of Italy Institute for the Study of Environmental Process Dynamics via Pasubio 5, I-24044 Dalmine (BG) Italy E-mail: [email protected]

University of Bergamo Faculty of Engineering viale Marconi 5, I-240044 Dalmine (BG) Italy E-mail: [email protected]

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ISSN print edition: 1434-9922 ISSN electronic edition: 1860-0808 ISBN-10 3-540-33288-X Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN-13 978-3-540-33288-6 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to cop