In American Mathematical Monthly 90 (1983), pp. 101-118.
Relational Databases
Quentin F. Stout
EECS Department, University of Michigan
Patricia Woodworth
Ithaca College
Abstract:
This expository paper surveys the motivation, theory and use of
relational databases. The use of normal forms to reduce the size of
databases is discussed, along with their relationship to dependencies and
various decompositions.
Keywords: relational databases, normal forms, selection, projection,
lossless decomposition
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