In this paper we present a fuzzy model for representing documents having a hierarchical structure and possibly containing multimedia information. We consider an archive containing documents with distinct (heterogeneous) logical structures. We also propose a flexible query language for expressing soft selection conditions on the structured documents. The documents’ content is organized into thematic (topical) sections where the index terms play a distinct role. The proposed document representation...

Dans cet article, nous présentons les aspects essentiels de la modélisation du processus décisionnel des joueurs de tennis dans une phase particulière de ce jeu sportif : le service-retour. Notre démarche se focalise sur la représentation des connaissances s'exerçant dans un continuum temporel scindé en micro-cycles et sur la construction de structures permettant d'envisager l'auto-apprentissage des caractéristiques technico-tactiques des joueurs par le système. Elle s'appuie sur la mise en oeuvre...

Computing, in its usual sense, is centered on manipulation of numbers and symbols. In contrast, computing with words, or CW for short, is a methodology in which the objects of computation are words and propositions drawn from a natural language, e.g., small, large, far, heavy, not very likely, the price of gas is low and declining, Berkeley is near San Francisco, it is very unlikely that there will be a significant increase in the price of oil in the near future, etc. Computing with words is inspired...

The term query is widely used in the database as well as information retrieval communities. Basically, a query against a collection of information items (to be called later, for brevity, an information source) provides a formal description of the items of interest to the user posing this query. A source of information is meant here very generally. It may take the form of an archive of multimedia or textual documents, a database, or a knowledge base. In the three previous examples the information...