Fundamentals of Database Systems (3rd Edition) (9780805317558): by Ramez Elmasri, Shamkant Navathe
Product Description
Responding to the requests of database professors nationwide,the leading textbook for the introductory database management course is being fully revised in time for the startof Fall 1999 classes. Fundamentals of Database Systems, Third Edition is updated to reflect the latest developments indatabase research and practice. It combines clear explanations of theory and real systems, broad coverage of modeling and design of databases, and excellent examples with up-to-date introductions to modern database technology. Features of the Third Edition
Presents clear and complete discussion of the relational approach including modeling, design, and query languages
Reorganized material on data modeling to clearly separate entity relationship modeling, extended entity relationship modeling, and object-oriented modeling
NEW! Gives examples of real database systems - Oracle and Microsoft Access - in Ch. 10
NEW and EXPANDED! Provides coverage of the object-oriented and object relational approach to data management including ODMG and SQL3
NEW! Includes discussion of decision support applications of data warehousing and data mining, as well as emerging technologies of web databases, multimedia, and mobile databases
NEW! Covers advanced modeling in the areas of active, temporal, and spatial databases
NEW! Discusses current database application areas of GIS, genome, and digital libraries
From the Back Cover
Fundamentals of Database Systems combines clear explanations of theory and design, broad coverage of models and real systems, and excellent examples with up-to-date introductions to modern database technologies. This edition is completely revised and updated, and reflects the latest trends in technological and application development. Professors Elmasri and Navathe focus on the relational model and include coverage of recent object-oriented developments. They also address advanced modeling and system enhancements in the areas of active databases, temporal and spatial databases, and multimedia information systems. This edition also surveys the latest application areas of data warehousing, data mining, web databases, digital libraries, GIS, and genome databases. New to the Third Edition
- Reorganized material on data modeling to clearly separate entity relationship modeling, extended entity relationship modeling, and object-oriented modeling
- Expanded coverage of the object-oriented and object/relational approach to data management, including ODMG and SQL3
- Uses examples from real database systems including OracleTM and Microsoft AccessAE
- Includes discussion of decision support applications of data warehousing and data mining, as well as emerging technologies of web databases, multimedia, and mobile databases
- Covers advanced modeling in the areas of active, temporal, and spatial databases
- Provides coverage of issues of physical database tuning
- Discusses current database application areas of GIS, genome, and digital libraries
0805317554B04062001
Product Details
- Hardcover: 1009 pages
- Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company; 3rd edition (August 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0805317554
- ISBN-13: 978-0805317558
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