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: h4883535e30c15cea
Venue: VLDB
Year: 1990
Pagerank: 9.4818521e-05
Overall Rank: 1,865 | 87.47%
DOI: -

Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time

Authors

1. Norbert Fuhr (Technische Hochschule Darmstadt)

BibTeX Citation

@article{fuhr_vldb90,
        title = {{A Probabilistic Framework for Vague Queries and Imprecise Information in Databases}},
        author = {Fuhr, Norbert},
        journal = {PVLDB},
        series = {{VLDB} '90},
        volume = {16},
        pages = {696--703},
        year = {1990}
}

Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 7 of 7 citing papers.

Rank	Citing Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
84	ULDBs: Databases with Uncertainty and Lineage	2006	VLDB	0.00035963861
126	Trio: A System for Integrated Management of Data, Accuracy, and Lineage	2005	CIDR	0.00030439683
474	Automated Ranking of Database Query Results	2003	CIDR	0.00017672562
690	Creating Probabilistic Databases from Information Extraction Models	2006	VLDB	0.00014745444
1,886	Probabilistic Ranking of Database Query Results	2004	VLDB	9.4339749e-05
6,568	Supporting Keyword Search in Product Database: A Probabilistic Approach	2013	VLDB	5.7466734e-05
12,694	On Pruning for Top-K Ranking in Uncertain Databases	2011	VLDB	4.9793485e-05

Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 4 of 4 cited papers.

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

Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
571	The Theory of Probabilistic Databases	1987	VLDB	0.00016210743
1,418	Null Values in Data Base Management: A Denotational Semantics Approach	1979	SIGMOD	0.00010731577
3,582	Query Processing in Deductive Databases with Incomplete Information	1986	SIGMOD	7.1914472e-05
5,372	Preferences: Putting More Knowledge into Queries	1987	VLDB	6.1579918e-05

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