Modeling Complex Data for Creating Information

The series Data and Knowledge in a Changing World covers the quality and accessability of quantitative and qualitative data, classical and ground-breaking methods by which numeric and symbolic data are acquired, analyzed, and managed. The current volume is devoted to problems of data representation.
TOC: From the contents: Information and Data Interplay: Structuring Data for Integrated Knowledge-Based Systems.- Imprecision and Uncertainty in Information Systems.- System Architecture and Evaluation Criteria. Rigid and Flexible Shapes: Representation and Processing: Shape and Surface Processing.- Fractal Modeling and Image Processing.- Symmetry Concepts and Applications.