Logical Database Design Principles

Description

Modern database management systems have added powerful features that have driven a movement away from truly normalized database design. This book shows these changes. It covers traditional logical design principles. It examines designing for specific purposes, such as object-oriented databases, online transaction processing, and data warehouses.

CONTENTS:

Introduction to Logical Database Design. Introduction to Data Modeling. Translating Analysis Documents into a Database Design. Formal Data Normalization. Data Denormalization. Object-oriented Data Models. Coupling Data and Behavior. Designing Replicated Databases. Design of OLTP Databases. Design of Data Warehouse and Decision Support System Databases.