Introduction to Databases From Biological to Spatio-Temporal /

• Main Author: Revesz, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2010.
• Series: Texts in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer programming.; Database management.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer Science.; Database Management.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Programming Techniques.

Developments in modern computers and applications have resulted in a shift away from relational databases into a chaotic proliferation of specialized database systems. As many of these advanced databases are unable to communicate with each other, database interoperability and data integration have b...

Table of Contents:

• Data Models, Queries, Evaluation
• Propositional Databases
• Relational Databases
• Constraint Databases
• Temporal Databases
• Geographic Databases
• Moving Objects Databases
• Image Databases
• Constraint Objects Databases
• Genome Databases
• Set Databases
• Constraint Deductive Databases
• The MLPQ System
• The DISCO System
• Database Design
• Interoperability
• Data Integration
• Interpolation and Approximation
• Prediction and Data Mining
• Indexing
• Data Visualization
• Safe Query Languages
• Evaluation of Queries
• Implementation Methods
• Computational Complexity
• Software Verification.