In this paper we investigate the inclusion of incomplete information in the relational database model. This is done by allowing nonatomic entries, i.e. sets, as elements in the database. A nonatomic entry is interpreted as a set of possible elements, one of which is the correct one. We deal primarily with numerical entries where an allowed set is an interval, and character string entries. We discuss the various operations of the relational algebra as well as the notion of functional dependency for the database model.
Extraction of Character String from Scene Image by Binarizing Local Target Area
