Database management systems will continue to manage large data volumes. Thus, efficient
algorithms for accessing and manipulating large sets and sequences will be required to …

After more than 20 years of research and practice in software configuration management
(SCM), constructing consistent configurations of versioned software products still remains a …

Transactional Information Systems is the long-awaited, comprehensive work from leading
scientists in the transaction processing field. Weikum and Vossen begin with a broad look at …

The memory coherence problem in designing and implementing a shared virtual memory on
loosely coupled multiprocessors is studied in depth. Two classes of algorithms, centralized …

Building Product Models thoroughly presents the concepts, technology, and methods now
used to work out what will become the building product model-a new, digital representation …

PE McKenney, Senior Member, IEEE, and JD Slingwine Abstract—The problems of
synchronization overhead, contention, and deadlock can pose serious challenges to those …

Weak Consistency: A Generalized Theory and Optimistic Implementations for Distributed
Transactions Atul Adya Page 1 Weak Consistency: A Generalized Theory and Optimistic …

In a variety of applications, we need to keep track of the development of a data set over time.
For maintaining and querying these multiversion data efficiently, external storage structures …

Contemporary literature is overflowing with technical terms defining various aspects of
computer-supported cooperative work. In the following chapter, we will introduce these …

From the Publisher: This book presents frameworks, models, and tool environments for
process-centered requirements engineering. First, it gives a comprehensive overview of the …