NDLI: Relaxing constraints in enhanced entity-relationship models using fuzzy quantifiers

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Author	Galindo, J. Urrutia, A. Carrasco, R.A. Piattini, M.
Copyright Year	1993
Abstract	While various articles about fuzzy entity relationship (ER) and enhanced entity relationship (EER) models have recently been published, not all examine how the constraints expressed in the model may be relaxed. In this paper, our aim is to relax the constraints which can be expressed in a conceptual model using the modeling tool, so that these constraints can be made more flexible. We will also study new constraints that are not considered in classic EER models. We use the fuzzy quantifiers which have been widely studied in the context of fuzzy sets and fuzzy query systems for databases. In addition, we shall examine the representation of these constraints in an EER model and their practical repercussions. The following constraints are studied: the fuzzy participation constraint, the fuzzy cardinality constraint, the fuzzy completeness constraint to represent classes and subclasses, the fuzzy cardinality constraint on overlapping specializations, fuzzy disjoint and fuzzy overlapping constraints on specializations, fuzzy attribute-defined specializations, fuzzy constraints in union types or categories and fuzzy constraints in shared subclasses. We shall also demonstrate how fuzzy (min, max) notation can substitute the fuzzy cardinality constraint but not the fuzzy participation constraint. All these fuzzy constraints have a new meaning, they offer greater expressiveness in conceptual design, and are included in the so-called fuzzy EER model.
Sponsorship	IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
Starting Page	780
Ending Page	796
Page Count	17
File Size	570290
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10636706
Volume Number	12
Issue Number	6
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2004-12-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Object oriented modeling Erbium Fuzzy sets Fuzzy systems Data models Uncertainty Database systems Fuzzy set theory Knowledge management Standards publication fuzzy quantifiers Conceptual database design extended (or enhanced) entity-relationship model (EER) fuzzy conceptual modeling fuzzy constraints fuzzy databases
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Applied Mathematics Artificial Intelligence Control and Systems Engineering Computational Theory and Mathematics

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