• DocumentCode
    506753
  • Title

    Fuzzy queries of numerical attributes for keyword-based search over relational databases

  • Author

    Li, FangZheng ; Luo, DaYong ; Xie, Dong

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Eng., Central South Univ., Changsha, China
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-22 Nov. 2009
  • Firstpage
    711
  • Lastpage
    714
  • Abstract
    Precision queries of keyword search developed quickly over relational databases, but it can´t be better to process fuzzy queries for satisfying higher requests of users. Aiming at fuzzy queries of numerical attributes for keyword-based search over relational databases, we give a new kind of membership function (normal school fuzzy sets). Given several instances of fuzzy queries on merchandise information databases, we introduce and define membership functions to adjust fuzzy scopes. The top-k algorithm is employed to experiment for comparing the two kinds of membership functions in commodity information databases. Experiment results show that average precision and average recall are excellent to correspond to actual situation when query sets are come from normal school fuzzy sets.
  • Keywords
    fuzzy set theory; query processing; relational databases; commodity information databases; fuzzy queries; keyword-based search; membership function; merchandise information databases; normal school fuzzy sets; numerical attributes; precision queries; relational databases; top-k algorithm; Data engineering; Educational institutions; Fuzzy set theory; Fuzzy sets; Information science; Keyword search; Merchandise; Personnel; Relational databases; Uncertainty; fuzzy query; keyword query; relational database;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent Computing and Intelligent Systems, 2009. ICIS 2009. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4754-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4738-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICICISYS.2009.5358252
  • Filename
    5358252