Abstract
Flexible retrieval of configurable products is one of the
most challenging task for e-commerce applications; user requirements
are usually imprecise or approximate, and the application has
to interpret them in the right way in order to retrieve a set of relevant
products. In many cases such products are stored as a database
of components and an automatic configuration process has to be provided.
In the present paper, we propose an approach to intelligent retrieval
and configuration of component-based products, starting from
a set of possibly fuzzy user requirements provided at different levels
of detail. A conceptual product model is introduced and its use during
the configuration process is discussed. The proposed approach
exploits fuzzy SQL and a bottom-up (from basic to complex components)
configuration process that can be implemented on top of a
standard RDBMS. The approach is illustrated through a simple example
based on a PC assembly task.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 27-32 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2010 |
| Event | 19th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2010) - Lisbona, Portogallo Duration: 1 Jan 2010 → … |
Conference
| Conference | 19th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2010) |
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| City | Lisbona, Portogallo |
| Period | 1/01/10 → … |
Keywords
- Fuzzy SQL
- configuration