Abstract: Imprecision and uncertainty in data values are pervasive in real-world environments and have received much attention in the literature. Several methods have been proposed for incorporating uncertain data into relational databases. However, the current approaches have many shortcomings and have not established an acceptable extension of the relational model. In this paper, we propose a consistent extension of the relational model to represent and deal with fuzzy information by means of vague sets. We present a revised relational structure and extend the relational algebra. The extended algebra is shown to be closed and reducible to the fuzzy relational algebra and further to the conventional relational algebra.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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