Author: Timothy Merrett
Publisher: Reston Pub Co (1983)
ISBN: 0835966429
Category: Computer / Database
Synopsis:
Relational Information Systems applies the result of database research to information systems design. The approach that has given the greatest Insight into the nature of data and the requirements oe databases is the relational approach, which Is taken here. As a book on databases, Relational Information Systems is concerned with applicability. As a book on Information systems, it is concerned with computer techniques.
As a technical book on the application of database research to information systems, it Is directed at several classes of reader. First, the student or researcher of databases in a university computer science department will fled a range of material from explanations, Illustrated with examples, of basic database concepts to advanced treatments of the recent research literature.
Second, the professional programmer or systems analyst will find a thorough treatment of the most efficient and general Implementation algorithms and file structures. Third, the student of information systems in a university school of management studies will find simple discussions of powerful ways to conceive and describe applications problems, amplified by two fully worked out commercial applications.
Finally, the technical manager, say of an Information systems department, who wants to bring his knowledge up to date, so as to be able to guide Ms departmental activities more professionally, will find an understandable overview of database and information systems techniques.
Not all of these classes of reader will need or want to read the whole book. The chart below is a guide to the structure of the book. This structure is two-dimensional and permits various paths through the material. There are six parts, four on relational techniques and two on applications. Each part is divided Into three to four chapters (with the omissions as indicated) with corresponding chapters in each part having the same orientation.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 455-473. Includes index.
Cover Price: 43.67 USD
Tags: Database Engineering | Management Information Systems | Relational databases | Computers - Data Base Management | Computer Books: Database
Printing: 1st printing
Pages: 507
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Fine
Dustjacket Condition: No Dustjacket
Shipping Weight: 2 Lbs 12 Ozs
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