TY - BOOK AU - Helman,Paul TI - The science of database management SN - 0256134383 (recycled paper) AV - QA76.9.D3 .H474 PY - 1994/// CY - Burr Ridge, Ill. PB - Irwin KW - Database management N1 - 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 ER -