The main aim of this paper is to present a revision of the most relevant results about the use
of Fuzzy Sets in Data Mining, specifically in relation with the discovery of Association Rules …

Substantial work has been done on the application of fuzzy subset theory to information
retrieval. Boolean query processing has been generalized to allow for weights to be …

In this chapter an overview of the application of fuzzy set theory to soften Information
Retrieval Systems is presented. It starts with the description of the main functionalities of an …

Over the past decade, information retrieval has emerged as an active research area in the
application of fuzzy set theory. Fuzzy information retrieval utilizes fuzzy sets to represent …

This paper presents a short survey of fuzzy and neural approaches to Information Retrieval.
The goal of such approaches is to de ne exible Information Retrieval Systems able to deal …

The computational grid is rapidly evolving into a service-oriented computing infrastructure
that facilitates resource sharing and large-scale problem solving over the Internet. Service …

The Encyclopedia of Image Processing presents a vast collection of well-written articles
covering image processing fundamentals (eg color theory, fuzzy sets, cryptography) and …

In this paper, we present an application of association rules to query refinement. Starting
from an initial set of documents retrieved from the web, text transactions are constructed and …

Context awareness is viewed as one of the most important aspects in the emerging
pervasive computing paradigm. We focus our work on situation awareness; a more holistic …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses information retrieval system. Much effort goes
into determining where to store information and how to retrieve it efficiently and effectively …