Nedjah, Nadia; Mourelle, Luiza De Macedo - In: Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM) 05 (2006) 04, pp. 337-343
Pattern matching is essential in many applications such as information retrieval, logic programming, theorem-proving, term rewriting and DNA-computing. It usually breaks down into two categories: root and complete pattern matching. Root matching determines whether a subject term is an instance...