A Probabilistic Framework for Vague Queries and Imprecise Information in Databases

Summary: Probabilistic model for vague queries and missing/imprecise data; yields a ranked object list, not a fixed answer. Vague predicates and relevance feedback refine rankings; probabilistic formulas extend predicates to handle missing/imprecise values. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 7984
Venue: VLDB
Year: 1990
Pagerank: 0.00010873473
Overall Rank: 1,697 | 88.20%
DOI: -

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Authors

1. Norbert Fuhr

Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 7 of 7 citing papers.

Rank	Citing Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
101	ULDBs: Databases with Uncertainty and Lineage	2006	VLDB	0.0004955674
149	Trio: A System for Integrated Management of Data, Accuracy, and Lineage	2005	CIDR	0.00041101118
427	Automated Ranking of Database Query Results	2003	CIDR	0.0002352637
760	Creating Probabilistic Databases from Information Extraction Models	2006	VLDB	0.00017053935
1,992	Probabilistic Ranking of Database Query Results	2004	VLDB	9.8462684e-05
6,576	Supporting Keyword Search in Product Database: A Probabilistic Approach	2013	VLDB	5.0046315e-05
12,208	On Pruning for Top-K Ranking in Uncertain Databases	2011	VLDB	4.1945683e-05

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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
450	The Theory Of Probabilistic Databases	1987	VLDB	0.00022822073
963	Null Values in Data Base Management: A Denotational Semantics Approach	1979	SIGMOD	0.00014980053
2,712	Query Processing in Deductive Databases with Incomplete Information	1986	SIGMOD	8.2488274e-05
4,515	Preferences: Putting More Knowledge into Queries	1987	VLDB	6.1192913e-05

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