Advanced Database Systems (Hardcover)

1 Introduction
Part I Active Databases
2 Syntax and Semantics of Active Databases
3 Applications of Active Databases
4 Design Principles for Active Rules
Part II Temporal Databases
5 Overview of Temporal Databases
6 TSQL2
7 Implementation
Part III Complex Queries and Reasoning
8 The Logic of Query Languages
9 Implementation of Rules and Recursion
10 Database Updates and Nonmonotonic Reasoning
Part IV Spatial, Text, and Multimedia Databases
11 Traditional Indexing Methods
12 Multimedia Indexing
Part V Uncertainty in Databases and Knowledge Bases
13 Models of Uncertainty
14 Uncertainty in Relational Databases
15 Including Uncertainty in Deductive Databases
Part VI Schema and Database Evolution in Object Database Systems
16 Object Databases and Change Management
17 How to Change the Schema
18 How to Change the Database
19 How to Change the Database Fast