Data Management Systems: Evolution and Interoperation

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Summary: nicely organized and thorough
Review: Addresses many topic in data management including distributed databases, relational databases, heterogeneus database integration, data warehousing and mining. As a scientist I got a very good overview of data management.

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Summary: Bad Graphics, No Coherence
Review: DON'T BUY! The graphics are so bad and not coherent. I stared for hours, trying to understand these graphics, but I just couldn't understand how the information was arranged. To make things worse, the author didn't even use a commercial graphic application to make the graphics in his book. You will understand if you see figure 1.4.

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Summary: Solid book
Review: I have taken classes from Dr. Thuraisingham and she is an excellent instructor. I have read all of her books in the order they were published. This book provides a general overview of data management. As stated by the author, it is written for technical management. It is quite broad but covers many topics and gives many insights. Only concern is that the author discusses a framework for data management and the book is based on this framework. The framework seems rather subjective. The areas she calls data management such as data mining is really information extraction.

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Summary: Well planned book
Review: I really like this book. Only issue is that its time for the author to write the next edition as so much has happened the last 5 yrs. This book covers a broad set of topics extremely well. I had hoped for more information on interoperation and migration based on the title.

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Summary: Very well written book
Review: This book explains the difficult concepts of heterogeneous database integration in simple terms. Its very easy to read and understand. I would highly recommend it for technical managers. One of the best books I have read on this topic.

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Summary: excellent book
Review: This is a very comprehensive book on data management and easy to read. It is a must for anyone who wants to learn about the key aspects of data management including distributed databases, heterogeneous database integration, migrating legacy databases, data warehousing, and multimedia databases.

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Summary: Solid book
Review: This is ideal for advanced database students to overview where is the subject of database heading; it is concise and easy reading. The author skillfully zooms you through the important advanced concepts without bog down by technicalities.

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Summary: Excellent advanced overview
Review: This is ideal for advanced database students to overview where is the subject of database heading; it is concise and easy reading. The author skillfully zooms you through the important advanced concepts without bog down by technicalities.

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Summary: Great Introduction to Data Management
Review: This is the first of three books I have read by this author. While I thought her book on data mining was outstanding and her book on web data management and e-commerce extremely useful, I give this book 4 stars only in comparison to the other two. I also happend to read this book after reading her masterpiece on data mining (see also Dr. Dobb's review of her book on data mining).. What I found most useful about this book is the volume of material it covered. The author explained many topics in data management in a very consistent and coherent way. She proposes a framework, which has become her standard style. Although this style is not inspiring, it does help to clarify her points a great deal. The lowest layer is the data management technologies layer. Then with these technologies you build on technologies for interoperability and migration in the second layer. Finally in the third layer you build on all the earlier technologies to develop data extraction technologies. I find this book an excellent introduction to her other books as well as to the entire field. I have read a few books on database systems and many of them are too technical especially for someone who is not researching in data management. As far as obtaining a broad knowledge of data management, this book is the best.