Written by internationally recognized authorities in the database field, this book delivers a thorough discussion of the foundations of the relational model of database design, along with a systematic treatment of the formal theory for the model. In addition, the authors provide a survey of the performance of the model and include an encyclopedic reference to the available literature.
A textbook for a graduate course in database theory, and also suitable as a reference text in an undergraduate course on data management. Presents a systematic introduction to the formal theory of the relational model of data, the foundation of current database management systems. Some previous knowledge of database systems would be helpful. Annota