Database System Principles (Second Edition)

Author: Li Jianzhong and Wang Shan
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is a comprehensive university textbook introducing the theory, technology, and methods of database systems. It is divided into five parts: Fundamentals, Design, Implementation, Special Topics, and New Technologies.
The Fundamentals part covers basic concepts and architecture of databases, relational database systems, and database security and integrity.
The Design part discusses the basic steps and methods of database design, introducing the entity-relationship model, extended entity-relationship model, and functional dependency theory in relational databases.
The Implementation part introduces the physical storage structures of databases, data dictionaries, relational algebra operation algorithms, query optimization techniques, and transaction processing techniques.
The Special Topics part covers next-generation database technologies and applications, extended relational database systems, object-oriented and object-relational database systems, distributed database systems, and parallel database technology.
The New Technologies part introduces recent advancements in the field of databases, including data warehousing and online analytical processing, data mining, web information retrieval, and web data management technologies.
This book is rich in content, systematic, and features a novel knowledge framework. It combines theory and practice, demonstrating advanced and practical value. It serves as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in computer science, information science, scientific computing, and information management and information systems. It can also be used as a reference for professionals in the database field.
Additional teaching materials such as electronic lecture slides and experimental guides will also be provided.