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Evidential Integration of Semantically Heterogeneous Aggregates in Distributed Databases with Imprecision

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Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning – IDEAL 2006 (IDEAL 2006)

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The mass function of evidential theory provides a means of representing ignorance in lack of information. In this paper we propose mass function models of aggregate views held as summary tables in a distributed database. This model particularly suits statistical databases in which the data usually presents imprecision, including missing values and overlapped categories of aggregate classification. A new aggregation combination operator is developed to accomplish the integration of semantically heterogeneous aggregate views in such distributed databases.

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  1. School of Computing and Information Engineering, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK

    Xin Hong, Sally McClean, Bryan Scotney & Philip Morrow

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  1. Escuela Politécnica Superior, GICAP Research Group, Universidad de Burgo, Calle Francisco de Vitoria S/N, Edifico C, Campus Vena, 09006, Burgos, Spain

    Emilio Corchado

  2. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, UK

    Hujun Yin

  3. Department of Information Systems and Computation, Technical University of Valencia, Camino de Vera, Valencia, Spain

    Vicente Botti

  4. University of West Scotland, PA1 2BE, Paisley, Scotland

    Colin Fyfe

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Hong, X., McClean, S., Scotney, B., Morrow, P. (2006). Evidential Integration of Semantically Heterogeneous Aggregates in Distributed Databases with Imprecision. In: Corchado, E., Yin, H., Botti, V., Fyfe, C. (eds) Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning – IDEAL 2006. IDEAL 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4224. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11875581_115

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