Database and Data Communication Network Systems, 3 Volume Set: Techniques and Applications

Database and Data Communication Network Systems examines the utilization of the Internet and Local Area/Wide Area Networks in all areas of human endeavor. This three-volume set covers, among other topics, database systems, data compression, database architecture, data acquisition, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and the practical application of these technologies. The international collection of contributors was culled from exhaustive research of over 100,000 related archival and technical journals.nnThis reference will be indispensable to engineering and computer science libraries, research libraries, and telecommunications, networking, and computer companies. It covers a diverse array of topics, including:nn* Techniques in emerging database system architecturesn* Techniques and applications in data miningn* Object-oriented database systemsn* Data acquisition on the WWW during heavy client/server traffic periodsn* Information exploration on the WWWn* Education and training in multimedia database systemsn* Data structure techniques in rapid prototyping and manufacturingn* Wireless ATM in data networks for mobile systemsn* Applications in corporate financen* Scientific data visualizationn* Data compression and information retrievaln* Techniques in medical systems, intensive care units