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On the Applicability of Extended Possibilistic Truth Values in Flexible Database Modelling and Querying

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Flexible Databases Supporting Imprecision and Uncertainty

Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing ((STUDFUZZ,volume 203))

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The mathematical logic, supporting a database model, largely determines the behavior and interaction of the model on constraint satisfaction and on database querying. For traditional database models that only handle perfectly described data and do not explicitly deal with missing information, the classical two-valued Boolean logic is well suited: both integrity constraints and querying criteria can be described by Boolean expressions, which should evaluate to true in order to be satisfied.

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  1. Department of Telecommunications and Information Processing Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, Ghent University, Ghent, B-9000, Belgium

    Guy de Tré & Rita de Caluwe

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  1. CNR IDPA, National Research Council of Italy Institute for the Study of Environmental Process Dynamics, via Pasubio 5, Dalmine, BG, I-24044, Italy

    Gloria Bordogna Dr.

  2. Faculty of Engineering, University of Bergamo, viale Marconi 5, Dalmine, BG, I-240044, Italy

    Giuseppe Psaila Professor

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de Tré, G., de Caluwe, R. (2006). On the Applicability of Extended Possibilistic Truth Values in Flexible Database Modelling and Querying. In: Bordogna, G., Psaila, G. (eds) Flexible Databases Supporting Imprecision and Uncertainty. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 203. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33289-8_3

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