id: 05634498 dt: j an: 05634498 au: Petry, Frederick E.; Zhao, Lei ti: Data mining by attribute generalization with fuzzy hierarchies in fuzzy databases. so: Fuzzy Sets Syst. 160, No. 15, 2206-2223 (2009). py: 2009 pu: Elsevier Science B.V. (North-Holland), Amsterdam la: EN cc: ut: fuzzy databases; data mining; attribute-oriented generalization; fuzzy hierarchy ci: li: doi:10.1016/j.fss.2009.02.014 ab: Summary: We examine the soft computing issues involving data generalization on fuzzy information. The attribute induction process is formalized for these three cases: crisp hierarchy/fuzzy data; fuzzy hierarchy/crisp data; fuzzy hierarchy/fuzzy data. Each case is exemplified by applications of the algorithm to a prototype database. rv: