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This chapter presents and discusses the main characteristics of the new Fuzzy Database Aliança (Alliance). This name represents the fact that the system is the union of fuzzy logic techniques, a database relational management system and a fuzzy meta-knowledge base defined in XML. Aliança accepts a wide range of data types including all information already treated by traditional databases, as well as incorporating different forms of representing fuzzy data. Despite this fact, the system is simple due to the fact that it uses XML to represent meta-knowledge. An additional advantage of using XML is that makes it easy to maintain and understand the structure of imprecise information. Aliança was designed to allow easy upgrading of traditional database systems. The Fuzzy Database Architecture Aliança approximates the interaction with databases to the usual way in which humans reason.
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Rodrigues, R.D., Cruz, A.J.d.O., Cavalcanti, R.T. (2010). Aliança: A Proposal for a Fuzzy Database Architecture Incorporating XML. In: Ma, Z., Yan, L. (eds) Soft Computing in XML Data Management. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 255. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14010-5_11
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