Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management - Hardcover

Rob, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0619160330 ISBN 13: 9780619160333

Publisher: Course Technology Ptr, 2004

Synopsis

The second edition of Database Systems maintains its engaging writing style and brevity; its unique balance between theory and practice and its wealth of examples throughout the text; inspiring student-friendly learning at its best.

The international edition provides a solid and practical foundation for the design, implementation and management of database systems. This foundation is built on the notion that, while databases are very practical things, their successful creation depends on understanding the important concepts that define them.

The new edition has been updated with all the latest developments and technologies and incorporates a generous number of localised and motivating business vignettes that tie the concepts to real-life situations.

This edition is suitable for a first course in databases at undergraduate level and will also provide essential material for conversion postgraduate courses. Providing comprehensive and practical coverage of core database concepts, it is an ideal text not only for those studying database management systems in the context of computer science, but also those on courses in the areas of information systems and business information technology.

This textbook also comes packaged with a fully tailored CourseMate and an Instructor’s website will also be available to adopters.

About this title

Review

"A lucid and well-structured book covering all the necessary basics in database theory." -- Professor Love Ekenberg, Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

"An extremely accessible text which achieves both deep and broad coverage." -- Dr Thomas Chesney, Nottingham University Business School

"This is an excellent introductory book for Database Systems. The students will find it clear and easy to digest as it provides many useful examples, and many exercises which will help to reinforce learning. The adaptation from the Amercian version has certainly enhanced its contents." --Dr Beatriz Iglesia, University of East Anglia

About the Author

Steven Morris completed his Bachelor of Science and Ph.D. from Auburn University. He has taught courses in Database Design and Development, Database Programming with Advanced SQL and PL/SQL, Systems Analysis and Design, and Database Management at the graduate and undergraduate levels at Middle Tennessee State University. He has many years of experience consulting on a database projects across a broad range of industries. Dr. Morris has published numerous professional articles and has served on the review boards of several journals.

Peter Rob has 32 years experience teaching file systems, database systems design, database design, database applications development, and more. Peter's real-world experience includes two years as a Director of Operations at an aviation chart company, 20 years as a consultant for hands-on operations systems analysis/development and database systems design, and 15 years experience as a statistical quality control systems analysis and systems/applications developer.

Carlos Coronel is currently the Lab Director for the College of Business Computer Labs at Middle Tennessee State University. He has more than 29 years of experience in various fields as a Database Administrator, Network Administrator, Web Manager, and Technology Specialist. He has taught courses in Web development, database design and development, and data communications at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Dr Keeley Crockett is a Reader in Computational Intelligence in the School of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University. She gained a BSc Degree (Hons) in Computation from UMIST in 1993, and a PhD in the field of machine learning in 1998 entitled Fuzzy Rule Induction from Data Domains". She has been teaching within the field of database systems and data engineering for 14 years to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. She is a member of the Intelligent Systems Group which has established a strong international presence in its research into Conversational Agents and Adaptive Psychological Profiling including an international patent on "Silent Talker". She has published over 50 refereed conference papers and journal articles in major international conferences and journals. She is the current Chair of the IEEE Women into Computational Intelligence (2012) and a senior member of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society"

Edition details

• Publisher: Course Technology Ptr
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0619160330
• ISBN 13: 9780619160333
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English