Advanced database systems
By: Nabil R. Adam, Bharat K. Bhargava, eds.
Contributors: Adam, Nabil R.; Bhargava, Bharat K., 1948-
Series: Lecture notes in computer science ;; 759
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
Subjects: Database management; Databases
Other titles: Advanced data base systems.
Description: "Database management is attracting wide interest in both academic and industrial contexts. New application areas such as CAD/CAM, geographic information systems, and multimedia are emerging. The needs of these application areas are far more complex than those of conventional business applications. The purpose of this book is to bring together a set of current research issues that addresses a broad spectrum of topics related to database systems and applications. The book is divided into four parts: - object-oriented databases, - temporal/historical database systems, - query processing in database systems, - heterogeneity, interoperability, open system architectures, multimedia database systems."--PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-451).