Flexible Query Answering Systems: Recent Advances Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Flexible Query Answering Systems, FQAS’ 2000, October 25–28, 2000, Warsaw, Poland

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Using Semantics for Query Derivability in Data Warehouse Applications....Pages 3-14
Ontology-Based Querying....Pages 15-26
Specifying and Querying Database Repairs using Logic Programs with Exceptions....Pages 27-41
Finding Successful Queries in a Mediator Context....Pages 42-53
An Extension of Data Description Language (DDL) for Fuzzy Data Handling....Pages 54-64
About Ill-Known Data and Equi-Join Operations....Pages 65-74
Flexible Querying in an Intelligent Object-Oriented Database Environment....Pages 75-84
Query Planning with Information Quality Bounds....Pages 85-94
Metadata and Object-Oriented Approach to Flexible Querying....Pages 95-102
Combining Fuzzy Sets and Databases in Multiple Criteria Spatial Decision Making....Pages 103-116
Query Answering in DAKS Based on Reducts....Pages 117-127
A Reuse Based Object-Oriented Framework Towards Flexible Formulation of Complex Queries....Pages 128-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
An Experimental CLP Platform for Integrity Constraints and Abduction....Pages 141-152
Temporal Intuitionistic Fuzzy Relations....Pages 153-160
Representing Temporal and Factual Uncertainty....Pages 161-170
Abstract Objects to Represent Large Answers to Queries in a Concise Form....Pages 171-181
Transaction Trees for Planning Knowledge Revision....Pages 182-191
Situations Endowed with Lattice Structure....Pages 192-199
Activation of Fuzzy Rules in RETE Network....Pages 200-209
New Method for Qualitative Spatial Reasoning Based on Matrix Calculus....Pages 210-219
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Aggregating Similar Witnesses for Flexible Query Answering....Pages 220-229
Case-Based Reasoning within Tabular Systems. Extended Structural Data Representation and Partial Matching....Pages 230-239
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Weighted Semantic Parsing: A Robust Approach to Interpretation of Natural Language Queries....Pages 243-254
Author Extraction: A Test Experience for Flexible Information Extraction....Pages 255-266
Word Recognition Errors and Relevance Feedback in Spoken Query Processing....Pages 267-281
Browsing a Video with Simple Constrained Queries over Fuzzy Annotations....Pages 282-288
Flexible-Equality of Terms: Definition and Evaluation....Pages 289-300
Concepts for a Graphical User Interface for Hypermedia Retrieval....Pages 301-314
Semantic Information Search Facilities for MHEG-5 and SMIL Applications....Pages 315-325
Cursive Letters Language Processing: Muqla Model and Toeplitz Matrices Approach....Pages 326-333
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Saving Calculation in Information Retrieval....Pages 337-349
Flexible Querying of Structured Documents....Pages 350-361
Towards Category-Based Fuzzy Querying of Both Structured and Semi-Structured Imprecise Data....Pages 362-375
Declarative Constrained Language for Semistructured Data....Pages 376-385
Integrating and Extending Fuzzy Clustering and Inferencing to Improve Text Retrieval Performance....Pages 386-395
Measuring Effectiveness in Fuzzy Information Retrieval....Pages 396-402
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
Intuitionistic Fuzzy Generalized Net Model Describing the Process of Training of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Generalized Net Models....Pages 405-412
An XML Based Environment in Support of the Overall KDD Process....Pages 413-424
Towards the Tractable Discovery of Association Rules with Negations....Pages 425-434
Declarative Knowledge Extraction with Iterative User-Defined Aggregates....Pages 435-444
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
On the Extraction of Linguistic Knowledge in Databases Using Fuzzy Logic....Pages 445-454
Combining Different Data Mining Techniques to Improve Data Analysis....Pages 455-464
Interval Aggregation in Data Mining....Pages 465-474
On Linguistic Approaches in Flexible Querying and Mining of Association Rules....Pages 475-484
A Knowledge Scout for Discovering Medical Patterns: Methodology and System SCAMP....Pages 485-496
Construction of Fuzzy Classes by Fuzzy Partitioning....Pages 497-506
Association Rules with Opposite Items in Large Categorical Databases....Pages 507-514
Front Matter....Pages 515-515
Discovering the Context of WWW Pages to Improve the Effectiveness of Local Search Engines....Pages 517-527
Towards Semantic Interoperability in Cyberspace....Pages 528-537
Querying UML/XMI Design Information....Pages 538-549
Multimodal Input Analysis and Design for a Home Information System....Pages 550-559
Dynamic AI Methods Applied to Internet-Based Integration of Credit Scoring Systems....Pages 560-569
Integrated GIS for Building Control in Small Sized Cities — from DOS to Web....Pages 570-579
Intelligent Methods in Virtual Databases....Pages 580-591
A Dialogue Manager for a WWW-Based Information Retrieval System....Pages 592-601
Flexible Queries in the eCommerce Shopping Mall: A Discursive Analysis....Pages 602-612
Back Matter....Pages 613-613