World Scientific Series in Computer Science - Vol. 28
INTRODUCTION TO DATABASE AND KNOWLEDGE-BASE SYSTEMS
by S Krishna (Indian Institute of Management)
This book provides a comprehensive yet concise coverage of the concepts and technology of database systems and their evolution into knowledge-bases. The traditional material on database systems at senior undergraduate level is covered. An understanding of concepts is emphasized avoiding extremes in formalism or detail.
Rather than be restricted to a single example used over an entire book, a variety of examples are used. These enable the reader to understand the basic abstractions which underlie description of many practical situations.
A major portion of the book concerns database system technology with focus on the relational model. Various topics are discussed in detail, preparing the ground for more advanced work.
Contents:
- Preliminaries and Overview
- The Relational Model
- Relational
Operations and Further Normalization
- Relational Database Languages
- Hierarchical and Network Models
- Physical Data Organization
- Elements of Database Design
- Protection and Preservation of Databases
- Concurrency Control
- Distributed Database Systems
- Deductive Databases
- Object-Oriented Database Systems
Readership: Computer scientists, graduate students and professionals.
| 344pp |
Pub. date: Mar 1992 |
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