""As organizations have become more sophisticated, pressure to provide information sharing across dissimilar platforms has mounted. In addition, advances in distributed computing and networking combined with the affordable high level of connectivity, are making information sharing across databases closer to being accomplished...With the advent of the internet, intranets, and affordable network connectivity, business reengineering has become a necessity for modern corporations to stay competitive in the global market...An end-user in a heterogeneous computing environment should be able to not only invoke multiple exiting software systems and hardware devices, but also coordinate their interactions.""--From the Introduction
Seventeen leaders in the field contributed chapters specifically for this unique book, together providing the most comprehensive resource on managing multidatabase systems involving heterogeneous and autonomous databases available today. The book covers virtually all fundamental issues, concepts, and major research topics.
* Presents implications of distribution, autonomy, and heterogeneity on system architectures and management techniques
* Discusses logical-level issues, including representation, semantics, schema integration, and languages
* Covers system-level issues, with an emphasis on data consistency, recovery, and transaction management
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""As organizations have become more sophisticated, pressure to provide information sharing across dissimilar platforms has mounted. In addition, advances in distributed computing and networking combined with the affordable high level of connectivity, are making information sharing across databases closer to being accomplished...With the advent of the internet, intranets, and affordable network connectivity, business reengineering has become a necessity for modern corporations to stay competitive in the global market...An end-user in a heterogeneous computing environment should be able to not only invoke multiple exiting software systems and hardware devices, but also coordinate their interactions.""--From the Introduction
Seventeen leaders in the field contributed chapters specifically for this unique book, together providing the most comprehensive resource on managing multidatabase systems involving heterogeneous and autonomous databases available today. The book covers virtually all fundamental issues, concepts, and major research topics.
* Presents implications of distribution, autonomy, and heterogeneity on system architectures and management techniques
* Discusses logical-level issues, including representation, semantics, schema integration, and languages
* Covers system-level issues, with an emphasis on data consistency, recovery, and transaction management
Imprint | Morgan Kaufmann Publishers In |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems |
Release date | November 1998 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | October 1998 |
Editors | Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, Marek Rusinkiewicz, Amit Sheth |
Dimensions | 236 x 185 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 432 |
Edition | Revised ed. |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-55860-216-8 |
Barcode | 9781558602168 |
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LSN | 1-55860-216-X |