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Queries with Fuzzy Linguistic Quantifiers for Data of Variable Quality Using Some Extended OWA Operators

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We present a new type of a query with a fuzzy linguistic quantifier that makes it possible to account for a variable quality of pieces of data involved. We assume the so called horizontal quantification query introduced in our works (cf. Kacprzyk and Ziółkowski [10] and Kacprzyk, Ziólkowski and Zadrożny [9]), an additional degree of the quality of a piece of data (corresponding to a particular query condition), and then use some extended OWA (ordered weighted aggregation) operator with importance (weight) qualification for the implementation of a linguistic quantifier driven aggregation of satisfaction of the particular query conditions. Finally, we show how the new approach can be accommodated in our FQUERY for Access database querying system.

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  1. Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Newelska 6, 01-447, Warsaw, Poland

    Janusz Kacprzyk & Sławomir Zadrożny

  2. WIT – Warsaw School of Information Technology, ul. Newelska 6, 01–447, Warsaw, Poland

    Janusz Kacprzyk & Sławomir Zadrożny

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  1. Dept. of Comm., Business & Info. Tech., Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark

    Troels Andreasen

  2. Dept. Computer Science, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark

    Henning Christiansen

  3. Sys Res Intit of Polish Acad of Science, Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Warsaw, Poland

    Janusz Kacprzyk

  4. Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark

    Henrik Larsen

  5. Computer Science Department, University Milano-Biccoca, Milano, Italy

    Gabriella Pasi

  6. IRISA, University of Rennes I, Rennes, France

    Olivier Pivert

  7. Dept. of Tele. & Info. Processing, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

    Guy De Tré

  8. Dept. of Comp. & Art. Int. Sci., University of Granada, Granada, Spain

    Maria Amparo Vila

  9. Department of Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

    Adnan Yazici

  10. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Sławomir Zadrożny

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Kacprzyk, J., Zadrożny, S. (2016). Queries with Fuzzy Linguistic Quantifiers for Data of Variable Quality Using Some Extended OWA Operators. In: Andreasen, T., et al. Flexible Query Answering Systems 2015. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 400. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26154-6_23

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