A System implementing Fuzzy Hypothetical Datalog

Abstract

This paper presents a system implementing a novel addition to a fuzzy deductive database: hypothetical queries. Such queries allow users to dynamically make assumptions on a given database instance, either by adding or removing data, without changing the instance. Further, since a fuzzy database includes fuzzy relations, these relations can also be changed with assumptions. This ability for dynamic change seamlessly enables writing “what-if” applications such as decision-support systems. Here, the new language Fuzzy Hypothetical Datalog is presented, along with an operational semantics and stratified inference. It has been implemented in a working system DES readily available on-line.