Advanced Database Technology

Author: Ye Xiaoping
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book systematically introduces representative new technologies in the field of modern databases. The book consists of 12 chapters. Chapter 1 briefly reviews the fundamentals of databases and outlines the development of new database technologies. Chapter 2 discusses object-relational databases and object-oriented databases. Chapters 3 to 5 discuss temporal databases, real-time databases, and active database technology. Chapters 6 to 7 introduce Web database technology and mobile database technology. Chapters 8 to 11 cover multimedia databases, knowledge base technology, spatial databases, data warehousing and data mining technology, etc. Chapter 12 introduces collaborative databases and provides a comprehensive case study. This book can serve as a textbook or teaching reference for senior undergraduate or graduate students in computer science at universities, as well as for database researchers and developers. ... The book systematically introduces representative new technologies in the field of modern databases. It briefly reviews the fundamentals of databases and outlines the development of new database technologies, discussing object-relational databases, object-oriented databases, temporal databases, real-time databases, active database technology, and more.