Database System Concepts - (Fifth Edition)

Author: Silberschatz
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This book is one of the classic textbooks in the field of database systems. Many renowned universities worldwide, including Stanford University, Yale University, University of Texas, Cornell University, University of Illinois, and Indian Institute of Technology, use this book as a textbook. In China, many universities have adopted previous Chinese editions of this book as teaching materials and main reference books for undergraduate and graduate database courses, achieving good results. Adjustments and New Content in This Edition: The teaching order of the 4th edition has been adjusted. SQL and its advanced features are introduced first to help students easily grasp the concepts of database design. A dedicated discussion on database design has been added. The content on object-oriented databases and XML has been completely rewritten and updated. The content on data mining and information retrieval has been reorganized, and an example study on the database system PostgreSQL has been added. Features of This Book: Comprehensive. Covers topics such as data models, relational models, object-oriented databases and XML, data storage and querying, transaction management, and database system architecture. Intuitive and Easy to Understand. Concepts are described in an intuitive way, using clear diagrams and examples instead of formal proofs. Highly Practical. Important concepts are vividly explained with a bank database example, making them easy to understand. Up-to-Date Content. Reflects changes in database design, management, and usage, as well as the development trends in database concepts. In-depth Case Studies. Provides case studies on four leading database systems: PostgreSQL, Oracle, IBM DB2, and Microsoft SQL Server. This book is the newly revised edition of the classic textbook Database System Concepts, which comprehensively introduces various knowledge of database systems and thoroughly explains the fundamental concepts of database management. The book is rich in content, not only discussing topics such as database query languages, schema design, data warehouses, database application development, object-oriented databases and XML, data storage and querying, transaction management, data mining and information retrieval, and database system architecture, but also extensively covers advanced application topics such as performance evaluation standards, performance tuning, standardization, and spatial and geographic data, as well as transaction processing monitoring. This book can serve as a textbook for senior undergraduate or early graduate database courses, or as a reference for professionals in the database field.