Advanced principles for improving database design, systems modeling and software development

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Siau, Keng, 1964-, Erickson, John, 1956-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Database design.; Computer software > Development.; System design.; Actor network theory; Code reuse and refactoring; Complex adaptive systems; Data warehouses; Database applications; Decision trees; Domain applications; Integrity constraint checking; IT convergence services; Knowledge discovery; Location-based mobile commerce; Multi-dimensional queries; Requirements elicitation technique selection; Retrieval optimization; Semantic integration; Semantic integrity constraint; Semantic web; Server-based repositories; Software development; XML databases
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Item Description: "Premier reference source"--Cover.
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xvii, 431 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 386-422) and index.
• ISBN: 9781605661735 (PDF)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

Recent years have witnessed giant leaps in the strength of database technologies, creating a new level of capability to develop advanced applications that add value at unprecedented levels in all areas of information management and utilization. Parallel to this evolution is a need in the academia and industry for authoritative references to the research in this area, to establish a comprehensive knowledge base that will enable the information technology and managerial communities to realize maximum benefits from these innovations. This book presents cutting-edge research and analysis of the most recent advancements in the fields of database systems and software development. It provides academicians, researchers, and database practitioners with an exhaustive collection of studies that, together, represent the state of knowledge in the field.