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Helman, Paul.

The science of database management / Paul Helman. - Burr Ridge, Ill. : Irwin, c1994. - xxi, 598 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index

[1] Definition of the relational data model abstract data type. Introduction --
Search table and relational data model fundamentals --
Nonprocedural query languages. [2] Design of the relational data model abstract data type. Data models and data modeling --
Semantic design and normalization for the relational data model --
Dependencies and normalization: a further study. [3] Implementations of the relational data model abstract data type --
the structures. The External environment --
File structures for an external search table --
Designing a relational data model's physical schema. [4] Implementations of the relational data model abstract data type --
the algorithms. Transaction management and database security --
Query optimization, part I: implementing the relational operators --
Query optimization, part II: the search problem --
Query optimization, part III: query processing in the leading-edge data models.

ISBN: 0256134383 (recycled paper) 0256158819 (international ed. : recycled paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Database management.

LC Class. No.: QA76.9.D3 / .H474