The CAP theorem asserts that any networked shared-data system can have only two of three
desirable properties. However, by explicitly handling partitions, designers can optimize …

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 …

• Bases de datos relacionales (Capítulos 4 al 7). El Capítulo 4 se centra en el lenguaje
relacional orientado al usuario de mayor influencia: SQL. El Capítulo 5 cubre otros dos …

A multidatabase system (MDBS) is a facility that allows users access to data located in
multiple autonomous database management systems (DBMSs). In such a system, global …

Comprehensive consistency management requires a strong mechanism for repair once
inconsistencies have been detected In this paper we present a repair framework for …

Nested transactional memory (TM) facilitates software composition by letting one module
invoke another without either knowing whether the other uses transactions. Closed nested …

Zusammenfassung Nonstandard-Datenbankanwendungen legen neben Fragen nach einer
geeigneten Datenmodellierung auch die nach einem angepaßten Verarbeitungsmodell …

Based on the results of the study carried out in 1996 to investigate the state of the art of
workflow and process technology, MCC initiated the Collaboration Management …

Preventive measures sometimes fail to deflect malicious attacks. We adopt an information
warfare perspective, which assumes success by the attacker in achieving partial, but not …

The basic transaction model has evolved over time to incorporate more complex transaction
structures and to selectively modify the atomicity and isolation properties. In this chapter we …