Database System Implementation / Edition 1

Overview

Three well-known computer scientists at Stanford University-Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey D. Ullman, and Jennifer Widom-have written one of the most comprehensive books on database system implementation. Hector Garcia- Molina pioneered this book at Stanford as a second database systems course for computer science majors and industry-based professionals. It focuses on the implementation of database systems, including storage structures, query processing, and transaction management. Database System Implementation is valuable as an academic textbook or a professional reference.

Noteworthy Features

• Provides extensive coverage of query processing, including major algorithms for execution of queries and techniques for optimizing queries
• Covers information integration, including warehousing and mediators, OLAP, and data-cube systems
• Explains error-correction in RAID disks and covers bitmap indexes, data mining, data statistics, and pointer swizzling
• Supports additional teaching materials found on the book's Web page at ...

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