Traditionally, the interface between a programming language and a database has either
been through a set of relatively low-level subroutine calls, or it has required some form of …

The recent rise of byte-addressable non-volatile memory technologies is blurring the
dichotomy between memory and storage. In particular, they allow programmers to have …

New storage-class memory (SCM) technologies, such as phase-change memory, STT-RAM,
and memristors, promise user-level access to non-volatile storage through regular memory …

This book places a strong emphasis on good design practice, allowing readers to master
design methodology in an accessible, step-by-step fashion. In this book, database design …

Database Management Systems provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the
fundamentals of database systems. Coherent explanations and practical examples have …

This paper attempts to define an object-oriented database system. It describes the main
features and characteristics that a system must have to qualify as an object-oriented …

We survey basic garbage collection algorithms, and variations such as incremental and
generational collection. The basic algorithms include reference counting, mark-sweep, mark …

A model to treat the anomalous Hall effect is developed. Based on the Kubo formalism and
on the Dirac equation, this model allows the simultaneous calculation of the skew-scattering …

Identity is that property of an object which distinguishes each object from all others. Identity
has been investigated almost independently in general-purpose programming languages …

Abstract Persistent Application Systems (PASs) are of increasing social and economic
importance. They have the potential to be long-lived, concurrently accessed, and consist of …