by

Universit de Sherbrooke
Canada

Zongmin Ma
D partement de Math matiques et Informatique
Universit de Sherbrooke
Canada

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Fuzzy Database Modeling with XML
by
Zongmin Ma, Universit de Sherbrooke, Canada

Advances in Database Systems Volume 29

ISBN 0-387-24248-1 e-ISBN 0-387-24249-X

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Dedication

To
my parents
and to
my wife Li, my daughter Ruizhe, and my son Jiaji

This book is dedicated to my younger brother Zonghua.

Acknowledgements

My first debt of gratitude is to all of the researchers in the area of fuzzy databases. Based on both their publications and the many discussions...