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Managing heterogeneous information systems through discovery and retrieval of generic concepts
Srinivasan U., Ngu A., Gedeon T. Journal of the American Society for Information Science 51(8): 707-723, 2000. Type: Article
The focus of this paper is data integration problems resulting from a lack of semantic schema information. This analysis requires an understanding of the myriad meanings and uses of data that different applications and users derive fro...
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Jun 1 2000 |
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Adaptive, fine-grained sharing in a client-server OODBMS: a callback-based approach
Zaharioudakis M., Carey M., Franklin M. ACM Transactions on Database Systems 22(4): 570-627, 1997. Type: Article
The authors expand on their previous work on concurrency control for OODBMSs and cite all the significant related work. The idea is to propose, evaluate, and model adaptive concurrency control approaches. The authors use and study adap...
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Jun 1 1999 |
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Principles of multimedia database systems
Subrahmanian V., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1998. Type: Book (9781558604667)
Subrahmanian has written an excellent, timely book on diverse aspects of multimedia database systems. By “multimedia,” the author primarily means image, text/document, video, and audio data types; indexing; storage;...
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Jul 1 1998 |
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Problem solving, abstraction, and design using C++ (2nd ed.)
Friedman F., Koffman E. (ed), Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston, MA, 1997. Type: Book (9780201883374)
The authors merge three traditionally different areas in one textbook. Their stated goal for this second edition is “to define an introductory-level course combining the presentation of rudimentary principles of software engi...
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Feb 1 1998 |
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Automating Microsoft Access with macros
Novalis S., SYBEX Inc., Alameda, CA, 1996. Type: Book (9780782118568)
Novalis achieves her stated goal of writing a hands-on tutorial about macros. The book is aimed at intermediate-level users of Microsoft Access. Patient novices who have experience with other relational database systems can also use th...
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Apr 1 1997 |
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In business with Access
Byrne J., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1995. Type: Book (9780134376905)
In the introduction, Byrne writes that this book is for the businessperson who needs to run a business, not necessarily program a database. “This book is written specifically for the business person who needs greater access t...
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Jun 1 1996 |
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Oracle DBA handbook
Loney K., Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Berkeley, CA, 1994. Type: Book (9780078811821)
In this well-organized and readable book, Loney covers a broad range of Oracle V6 and V7 architecture, features, and usage issues. He should be commended for his excellent use of illustrations, figures, and examples to explain concepts...
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Sep 1 1995 |
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ORACLE7: the complete reference
Koch G., Muller B., Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Berkeley, CA, 1993. Type: Book (9780078819193)
I have now read this book thoroughly twice; I reviewed an earlier edition [1] in 1991. This book is well-organized and readable, and I have come to appreciate the need for it. In hindsight, I believe this book defines a paradigm ...
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May 1 1994 |
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Fragmenting Relations Horizontally Using a Knowledge-Based Approach
Shin D., Irani K. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 17(9): 872-883, 1991. Type: Article
An important distributed database (DDB) issue concerning horizontal table fragmentation is tackled. The paper describes a process that involves taking user queries and revising the queries into equivalent new queries using an inferenci...
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Oct 1 1993 |
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ORACLE: the complete reference
Koch G., Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Berkeley, CA, 1990. Type: Book (9780078816352)
The audience for this well-organized, readable book is Oracle database practitioners. It is more than a reference manual for Oracle version 5 and 6 product line offerings; the author explains his experience, prefere...
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Dec 1 1992 |
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