Database Principles

Part I: Database SystemsChapter 1: The Database ApproachChapter 2: Data ModelsChapter 3: Relational Model CharacteristicsChapter 4: Relational Algebra and CalculusPart II: Database AlternativesChapter 5: Data Modelling with Entity Relationship DiagramsChapter 6: Data Modelling Advanced ConceptsChapter 7: Normalising Database DesignsPart III: Database ProgrammingChapter 8: Beginning Structured Query LanguageChapter 9: Procedural Language SQL and Advanced SQLPart IV: Database DesignChapter 10: Database Development ProcessChapter 11: Conceptual, Logical and Physical Database DesignPart V: Implementation AlternativesChapter 12: Managing Transactions and ConcurrencyChapter 13: Managing Database and SQL PerformancePart VI: Database ManagementChapter 14: Distributed DatabasesChapter 15: Databases for Business IntelligenceChapter 16: Big Data and NoSQLChapter 17: Database Connectivity and Web Technologies

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" Steven Morris completed his Bachelor of Science and Ph.D. from Auburn University. He has taught Database Design and Development, Database Programming with Advanced SQL and PL/SQL, Systems Analysis and Design, and Principles of MIS at Middle Tennessee State University. Steven has published many articles, and currently serves on the review boards of several journals. Dr Craig Blewett has been researching and teaching in the area of Information Systems and Technology for over 25 years. His Masters explored the application of Artificial Intelligence to database transaction management. His PhD, in