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Temporal data and the relational model : a detailed investigation into the application of interval and relation theory to the problem of temporal database management

Title
Temporal data and the relational model : a detailed investigation into the application of interval and relation theory to the problem of temporal database management / C.J. Date, Hugh Darwen, Nikos A. Lorentzos.
Author
Date, C. J.
Publication
San Francisco, CA : Morgan Kaufmann, [2003], ©2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Darwen, Hugh.
  • Lorentzos, Nikos A.
Description
xxii, 422 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Database management
  • Temporal databases
  • Relational databases
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-409) and index.
Contents
Pt. I. Preliminaries -- Ch. 1. A Review of Relational Concepts -- Ch. 2. An Overview of Tutorial D -- Pt. II. Laying the Foundations -- Ch. 3. Time and the Database -- Ch. 4. What Is the Problem? -- Ch. 5. Intervals -- Ch. 6. Operators on Intervals -- Ch. 7. The EXPAND and COLLAPSE Operators -- Ch. 8. The PACK and UNPACK Operators -- Ch. 9. Generalizing the Relational Operators -- Pt. III. Building on the Foundations -- Ch. 10. Database Design -- Ch. 11. Integrity Constraints I: Candidate Keys and Related Constraints -- Ch. 12. Integrity Constraints II: General Constraints -- Ch. 13. Database Queries -- Ch. 14. Database Updates -- Ch. 15. Stated Times and Logged Times -- Ch. 16. Point and Interval Types Revisited. App. A. Implementation Considerations -- App. B. Generalizing the EXPAND and COLLAPSE Operators.
ISBN
1558608559
OCLC
  • ocm51453450
  • SCSB-4326823
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries