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Towards a Fuzzy Object-Relational Database Model

Towards a Fuzzy Object-Relational Database Model

Carlos D. Barranco, Jesús R. Campaña, Juan M. Medina
ISBN13: 9781599048536|ISBN10: 1599048531|EISBN13: 9781599048543
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-853-6.ch017
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Barranco, Carlos D., et al. "Towards a Fuzzy Object-Relational Database Model." Handbook of Research on Fuzzy Information Processing in Databases, edited by José Galindo, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 435-461. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-853-6.ch017

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Barranco, C. D., Campaña, J. R., & Medina, J. M. (2008). Towards a Fuzzy Object-Relational Database Model. In J. Galindo (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Fuzzy Information Processing in Databases (pp. 435-461). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-853-6.ch017

Chicago

Barranco, Carlos D., Jesús R. Campaña, and Juan M. Medina. "Towards a Fuzzy Object-Relational Database Model." In Handbook of Research on Fuzzy Information Processing in Databases, edited by José Galindo, 435-461. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-853-6.ch017

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Abstract

This chapter introduces a fuzzy object-relational database model including fuzzy extensions of the basic object-relational databases constructs, the user-defined data types, and the collection types. The fuzzy extensions of these constructs focus on two main flexible aspects, a way to flexibly compare complex data types and an extension of collection types allowing partial membership of its elements. Collection operators are also adapted to consider flexibly comparable domains for its elements. Such a fuzzy object-relational database model, and its implementation in a fuzzy object-relational database management system, provides an easy and effective way to manage a great amount of complex fuzzy data in object-relational databases for emerging fuzzy applications. As a sample of the proposal advantages, an application for dominant color based image retrieval, which is built on an object-relational database management system implementing the proposed fuzzy database model, is introduced.

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