Database Systems

Preface to the Third Edition.- PART I: FUNDAMENTALS Database Systems as Abstract Machines.- Data and Information.- Database, DBMS and Data Model.- Databases Systems, ICT Systems and Information Systems.- Database Systems and Electronic Business.- Data Management Layer.- PART II: DATA MODELS Relational Data Model.- Object-Oriented Data Model.- Deductive Data Model.- Post-Relational Data Model.- PART III: DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: (DBMS) INTERFACE SQL Data Definition.- SQL Data Integrity.- SQL Data Manipulation.- PART IV: DATABASE DEVELOPMENT Database Development Process.- Requirements Elicitation.- Entity-Relationship Diagramming.- Object Modelling.- Normalisation.- Physical Database Design.- Database Implementation.- PART V: PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION OF DATABASE SYSTEMS.- Strategic Data Planning.- Data Administration.- Database Administration.- PART VI: DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (DBMS) TOOLKIT DBMS Toolkit End-User Tools.- DBMS Toolkit Application Development Tools.- DBMS Toolkit Database Administration Tools.- PART VII: DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS KERNEL Data Organisation.- Access Mechanisms.- Transaction Management.- Other Kernel Functions.- PART VIII: DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS STANDARDS AND COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS Post-Relational DBMS SQL3.- Object-Oriented DBMS ODMG Object Model.- Microsoft Access.- Oracle.- O2 DBMS.- PART IX: TRENDS IN DATABASE TECHNOLOGY Distributed Processing.- Distributed Data.- Parallel Databases.- Complex Data.- PART X: APPLICATIONS OF DATABASE SYSTEMS Data Warehousing.- On-Line Analytical Processing.- Data Mining.- Database Systems and the Web.- Bibliography.- Glossary and Index.