A federated database system (FDBS) is a collection of cooperating database systems that
are autonomous and possibly heterogeneous. In this paper, we define a reference …

One of the fundamental principles of the database approach is that a database allows a
nonredundant, unified representation of all data managed in an organization. This is …

The first edition of this book appeared in 1991 when the technology was new and there were
not too many products. In the Preface to the first edition, we had quoted Michael Stonebraker …

Книга содержит очерк истории и эволюции технологий баз данных,
систематизированные сведения о важнейших технологиях, состоянии и перспективах …

Page 1 SCHRIFTEN ZUR EDV-ORIENTIERTEN BETRIEBSWIRTSCHAFT Herausgegeben
von Prof. Dr. A.-W. Scheer Michael Rosemann Komplexitätsmanagement in …

Data warehouses are databases devoted to analytical processing. They are used to support
decision-making activities in most modern business settings, when complex data sets have …

Interoperability is the most critical issue facing businesses that need to access information
from multiple information systems. Our objective in this research is to develop a …

This book is about methods for determining computer system requirements. It is written
primarily as an introduction to requirements engineering methods for computer science …

The authors present a common foundation for integrating pairs of entity sets, pairs of
relationship sets, and an entity set with a relationship set. This common foundation is based …

Due to the proliferation of database applications, the integration of existing databases into a
distributed or federated system is one of the major challenges in responding to enterprises' …