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A Guided Tour of Relational Databases and Beyond

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Mark Levene

    1. Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK

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  2. George Loizou

    1. Department of Computer Science, Birkbeck College, London, UK

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  • Sheds light on the ideas underlying relational database systems and the problems that confront database designers and researchers Provides an overview of database modeling with the Entity-Relationship (ER) model and the relational model (two different ways of structuring databases)

  • Addresses important extensions of the relational database model, including deductive, temporal, and object-oriented databases Reaches a wider audience than currently available books that either cover only the basics of the relational model or that cover models such as object-orientation but does not cover relational database theory

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Mark Levene, George Loizou
    Pages 1-60

  3. The Entity-Relationship Model

    • Mark Levene, George Loizou
    Pages 61-83

  4. The Relational Data Model

    • Mark Levene, George Loizou
    Pages 85-235

  5. Relational Database Design

    • Mark Levene, George Loizou
    Pages 237-285

  6. Incomplete Information in the Relational Data Model

    • Mark Levene, George Loizou
    Pages 287-357

  7. Computable Database Queries and the Expressiveness of the Relational Algebra

    • Mark Levene, George Loizou
    Pages 359-384

  8. Temporal Relational Databases

    • Mark Levene, George Loizou
    Pages 385-408

  9. Concurrency Control

    • Mark Levene, George Loizou
    Pages 409-457

  10. Deductive Databases

    • Mark Levene, George Loizou
    Pages 459-513

  11. Extensions to the Relational Data Model and Recent Directions

    • Mark Levene, George Loizou
    Pages 515-575

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 577-625
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About this book

Database theory is now in a mature state, and this book addresses important extensions of the relational database model such as deductive, temporal and object-oriented databases. It provides an overview of database modelling with the Entity-Relationship (ER) model and the relational model providing the pivot on which the material revolves. The main body of the book focuses on the primary achievements of relational database theory, including query languages, integrity constraints, database design, comput able queries and concurrency control. The most important extensions of the relational model are covered in separate chapters. This book will be useful to third year computer science undergraduates and postgraduates studying database theory, and will also be of interest to researchers and database practitioners who would like to know more about the ideas underlying relational dat abase management systems and the problems that confront database researchers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK

    Mark Levene

  • Department of Computer Science, Birkbeck College, London, UK

    George Loizou

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Guided Tour of Relational Databases and Beyond

  • Authors: Mark Levene, George Loizou

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-349-7

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-85233-008-8Published: 28 May 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-85729-349-7Published: 18 September 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 625

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Database Management

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