Architecture for Symbolic Object Warehouse

the extent of an SO is denoted Ext(s) and defined by
the extent of “a”, which is: Extent (a) = {w ∈ Ω / a
(w) = true}. In the Modal instance, given a threshold
α, it is defined by Extα (s)= Extentα (a)= {w ∈ Ω / a
(w) ≥ α}.
It is possible to work with SOs in two ways:
• Induction: We know values of their attributes then
we know what class they belong.
• Generalization: We want to form a class from
the generalization/specialization process of the
values of the attributes of a set of individuals.
There is an important number of methods (Bock et
al, 2000) developed to analyze SO, which were imple-
mented in Sodas 1.2 and Sodas 2.5 software through
Sodas and Asso projects respectively; whose aim is to
analyze official data from Official Statistical Institu-
tions (see ASSO or SODAS Home Page).
The principal advantages in SO use are (Bock &
Diday, 2000; Diday, 2003):
• It preserves the confidentiality of the informa-
tion.
• It supports the initial language in the one that SOs
were created.
• It allows the spread of concepts between Data-
bases.
• Being independent from the initial table, they
are capable of identifying some individual coin-
cidence described in another table.
As a result of working with higher units called con-
cepts necessarily described by more complex data, DM
is extended to Knowledge Mining (Diday 2004).
Construing SOs
Now we are going to create SOs, Let’s suppose we want
to know client’s profile grouped by work’s activity. How
do we model this kind of situations with SOs?
The SOs descriptor must have the following at-
tributes:
1. Continent
2. Age
3. Study Level
Suppose that in our operational databases we have
stored the relational Tables 1 and 2.
Notice we take an SO as every value of the variable
work activity. The SOs descriptors are written in the
same notation used in Bock and Diday’s book:
SO-Agriculture (4) = [Study Level ={“low”(0.50),
“medium”(0.50)}] ∧ [Continent = {“Ameri-
ca”(0.5), “Europe”(0.25), “Oceania”(0.25)}] ∧
[Age= [30:42]]].
SO-Manufactures (3) = [Study Level
={“low”(0.33), “medium”(0.33), “high”(0.33)}]
∧ [Continent = {“Asia”(0.33), “Europe”(0.66)}]
∧ [Age= [28:50]]].

Table 1. Customer
#Customer
… Initial Transaction Age Country Study Level Work’s Activity

041 … 23-May-03 50 Spain Medium Manufactures

033 … 25-Jul-03 45 China High Manufactures
168 … 30-Jul-03 30 Australia Low Agriculture
457 … 2-Jan-04 39 Sudan High Services
542 … 12-Feb-04 35 Argentina Medium Agriculture
698 … 13-April-04 48 India High Services
721 … 22-Aug-04 60 France High Services
844 … 15-Sep-04 53 Canada Medium Services
987 … 25-Oct-04 42 Italy Low Agriculture
1002 … 10-Nov-04 28 Germany Low Manufactures
1299 … 28-Dec-04 34 EEUU Medium Agriculture

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