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Database Systems, International Edition
This new international version of Database Systems maintains its engaging writing style and brevity, its unique balance between theory and practice and its wealth of examples throughout the text, inspiring student-friendly learning at its best.
This new international version includes new chapters on Relational Algebra and Physical Database
Design, and UML modelling notation. It has been updated with all the latest developments and technologies and incorporates a generous number of localised and motivating business vignettes that tie the concepts to real-life situations.
CONTENTS:
PART ONE: DATABASE CONCEPTS
1. Database Systems
2. Data Models
3. The Relational Database Model
4. Relational Algebra
PART TWO: DESIGN CONCEPTS
5. Entity Relationship Modelling
6. Advanced Data Modelling
7. Normalisation of Database Tables
PART THREE: SQL
8. Introduction to SQL
9. Advanced SQL
PART FOUR: DATABASE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
10. Overview of Database Design
11. Conceptual, Logical and Physical Database Design
PART FIVE: DATABASE TRANSACTIONS AND PERFORMANCE TRAINING
12. Transaction Management and Concurrency Control
13. Database Performance Tuning and Query Optimisation
PART SIX: CONCEPTS OF LARGE SCALE DATABASE SYSTEMS
14. Distributed Database Management Systems
15. The Data Warehouse
16. Database Connectivity and Web Development
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Designing Databases with Visio Professional: A Tutorial
Appendix B: The University Lab: Conceptual Design and Verification
Appendix C: The University Lab: Logical and Physical Database Design and Implementation
Appendix D: Converting an ER Model into a Database Structure
Appendix E: Comparison of ER Modelling Notations
Appendix F: Client/Server Systems
Appendix G: Object-Orientated Databases
Appendix H: Database in Electronic Commerce
Appendix I: The Hierachical Database Model
Appendix J: The Network Database Model
Appendix K: Database Administration
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