Principles of Distributed Database Systems

This new edition of the best-selling text addresses recent and emerging issues in the field of distributed database systems while maintaining the key features and characteristics of the previous edition. The text has been revised and updated to reflect changes in the field. This comprehensive text focuses on concepts and technical issues while exploring the development of distributed database management systems. Principles of distributed database systems presents distributed database systems within the framework of distributed data processing in general, rather than as a problem in isolation.