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Introduction to Databases

From Biological to Spatio-Temporal

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Peter Revesz

    1. Dept. Computer Science & Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, U.S.A.

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  • Provides a comprehensive coverage of the field of databases

Part of the book series: Texts in Computer Science (TCS)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Data Models, Queries, Evaluation

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 1-6

  3. Propositional Databases

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 7-14

  4. Relational Databases

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 15-42

  5. Constraint Databases

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 43-65

  6. Temporal Databases

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 67-79

  7. Geographic Databases

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 81-109

  8. Moving Objects Databases

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 111-135

  9. Image Databases

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 137-151

  10. Constraint Objects Databases

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 153-178

  11. Genome Databases

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 179-203

  12. Set Databases

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 205-234

  13. Constraint Deductive Databases

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 235-260

  14. The MLPQ System

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 261-333

  15. The DISCO System

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 335-349

  16. Database Design

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 351-383

  17. Interoperability

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 385-416

  18. Data Integration

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 417-434

  19. Interpolation and Approximation

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 435-483

  20. Prediction and Data Mining

    • Peter Revesz
    Pages 485-500
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About this book

Introduced forty years ago, relational databases proved unusually succe- ful and durable. However, relational database systems were not designed for modern applications and computers. As a result, specialized database systems now proliferate trying to capture various pieces of the database market. Database research is pulled into di?erent directions, and speci- ized database conferences are created. Yet the current chaos in databases is likely only temporary because every technology, including databases, becomes standardized over time. The history of databases shows periods of chaos followed by periods of dominant technologies. For example, in the early days of computing, users stored their data in text ?les in any format and organization they wanted. These early days were followed by information retrieval systems, which required some structure for text documents, such as a title, authors, and a publisher. The information retrieval systems were followed by database systems, which addedeven more structure to the data and made querying easier. In the late 1990s, the emergence of the Internet brought a period of relative chaos and interest in unstructured and “semistructured data” as it wasenvisionedthateverywebpagewouldbelikeapageinabook.However, with the growing maturity of the Internet, the interest in structured data was regained because the most popular websites are, in fact, based on databases. The question is not whether future data stores need structure but what structure they need.

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“Offers an introduction to modern databases. … In this well-organized book, the presentation is simple and easy to understand. As a result, students will find this introductory textbook useful. Furthermore, they will benefit from its numerous illustrative examples, exercises, and bibliographic notes. … The book offers an interesting perspective into the many specialized databases that are currently in existence--something virtually no other book on the market offers. … In short, I strongly recommend it to readers who are interested in databases.” (S. V. Nagaraj, ACM Computing Reviews, February, 2011)

“A book that covers all the modern turns and directions that databases have taken in recent years. … Overall, this is a very valuable addition to the database textbook literature. The author claims that the primary audience for this book are undergraduates, but I believe that it can and will reach beyond that level of database education.” (Gottfried Vossen,Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1191, 2010)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Computer Science & Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, U.S.A.

    Peter Revesz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Introduction to Databases

  • Book Subtitle: From Biological to Spatio-Temporal

  • Authors: Peter Revesz

  • Series Title: Texts in Computer Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-095-3

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84996-094-6Published: 11 January 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-2533-4Published: 14 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-84996-095-3Published: 12 December 2009

  • Series ISSN: 1868-0941

  • Series E-ISSN: 1868-095X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 743

  • Topics: Database Management, Artificial Intelligence, Programming Techniques

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