Advanced Database SystemsThe database field has experienced a rapid and incessant growth since the development of relational databases. The progress in database systems and applications has produced a diverse landscape of specialized technology Advanced Database Systems was written by a team of six leading specialists who have made significant contributions to the development of the technology areas covered in the book. Benefiting from the authors' long experience teaching graduate and professional courses, this book is designed to provide a gradual introduction to advanced research topics and includes many examples and exercises to support its use for individual study, desk reference, and graduate classroom teaching. |
Contents
Active Databases сл | 5 |
Applications of Active Databases | 41 |
Design Principles for Active Rules | 63 |
Temporal Databases | 97 |
TSQL2 | 127 |
Implementation | 149 |
Complex Queries and Reasoning | 161 |
Implementation of Rules and Recursion | 201 |
Uncertainty in Relational Databases | 339 |
Including Uncertainty in Deductive Databases | 369 |
Systems | 411 |
How to Change the Schema | 437 |
How to Change the Database | 449 |
How to Change the Database Fast | 479 |
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Database Updates and Nonmonotonic Reasoning | 235 |
Spatial Text and Multimedia Databases | 267 |
Multimedia Indexing | 295 |
Uncertainty in Databases and Knowledge Bases | 315 |
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About the Authors | 572 |