Debra M. Duke
ABSTRACT
A natural language interface is one that allows a database to be accessed using common language, in this case English, rather than a query language, such as SQL. A fuzzy database is one in which membership is not an absolute yes or no condition. This research expands the implementation of a Fuzzy Relational Database with Community Defined Membership values to include a set of synonyms to the fuzzy modifiers. The user community makes the determination of synonym status with respect to the fuzzy modifiers. By allowing the community to define the meaning of each synonym within the context of the fuzzy database, the semantics of a database request in the users own language is unambiguous.
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- The determination of synonyms for fuzzy modifiers in a fuzzy database based on user community consensus
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