SAINTETIQ: a fuzzy set-based approach to database summarization

  • Authors:
  • G. Raschia;N. Mouaddib

  • Affiliations:
  • Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Nantes, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France;Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Nantes, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France

  • Venue:
  • Fuzzy Sets and Systems - Data bases and approximate reasoning
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

In this paper, a new approach to database summarization is introduced through our model named SAINTETIQ. Based on a hierarchical conceptual clustering algorithm, SAINTETIQ incrementally builds a summary hierarchy from database records. Furthermore, the fuzzy set-based representation of data allows to handle vague, uncertain or imprecise information, as well as to improve accuracy and robustness of the construction process of summaries. Finally, background knowledge provides a user-defined vocabulary to synthesize and to make highly intelligible the summary descriptions.