Description
Collecting the latest research results from the leading researchers in the field of fuzzy object-oriented databases, Advances in Fuzzy Object-Oriented Databases: Modeling and Applications provide a single source for current research and practical applications in fuzzy object-oriented databases. This book includes major aspects of fuzzy object-oriented database modeling - conceptual, logical and physical, as well as details of implementations and applications. Readers will benefit from a complete understanding of the notions, techniques, and methods related to the research and developments of fuzzy object-oriented databases. This book can act as a starting point and a reference for their research and developments and stimulate the interest in the field of fuzzy object-oriented databases and further promote the research in the field.
Reviews and Testimonials
This book provides a representative cross section of current research issues in the area of fuzzy object-oriented databases. The editor and authors are distinguished researchers in this field, so that it is directly useful for established and newcomers in this area of research. In addition, it is informative enough for a general readership that includes developers and database specialists, which may beneift from the diversity of approaches to richer semantics that are contained in the book, along with the practical physical and conceptual design techniques exposed.
– Miguel-Angel Sicilia, Univeristy of Alcala, Spain
Author's/Editor's Biography
Zongmin Ma (Ed.)
Zongmin Ma (Z. M. Ma) received the Ph. D. degree from the City University of Hong Kong in 2001 and is currently a Full Professor in College of Information Science and Engineering at Northeastern University, China. His current research interests include intelligent database systems, knowledge representation and reasoning, the Semantic Web and XML, knowledge-bases systems, and semantic image retrieval. He has published over 80 papers in international journals, conferences, and books in these areas since 1999. He also authored and edited several scholarly books published by Springer-Verlag and IGI Global, respectively. He has served as member of the international program committees for several international conferences and also spent some time as a reviewer of several journals. Dr. Ma is a senior member of the IEEE.