Active Rules in Database Systems

Active rules provide a new and important method for designing databases and the subject is seeing an increasing amount of attention from commercial database companies. This book provides a timely survey of the field from the point of view of some of the subject's most active researchers. The bo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Paton, Norman W. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 1999, 1999
Edition:1st ed. 1999
Series:Monographs in Computer Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Fundamentals
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Architecture of Active Database Systems
  • Advanced Topics
  • 3 Rule Analysis
  • 4 Optimization
  • 5 Monitoring Complex Rule Conditions
  • 6 Performance Assessment
  • 7 Tool Support
  • 8 ECA Functionality in a Distributed Environment
  • 9 Comparing Deductive and Active Databases
  • III Systems
  • 10 Active Database Features in SQL3
  • 11 Ariel
  • 12 SAMOS
  • 13 EXACT: An Approach to Coping with Heterogeneous Rule Execution Models
  • 14 REACH
  • 15 NAOS
  • 16 PFL: An Active Functional DBPL
  • 17 Chimera: A Language for Designing Rule Applications
  • 18 RAP: The ROCK & ROLL Active Programming System
  • IV Applications
  • 19 Database Internal Applications
  • 20 Active Database Systems: Expectations, Commercial Experience, and Beyond
  • 21 Active Real-Time Database Systems
  • V Summary
  • 22 Summary