Computers : Data Modeling & Design

First comprehensive tutorial and reference for C# implementation of data structures and algorithms. more...

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Dimensional modeling has become the most widely accepted approach for data warehouse design. Here is a complete library of dimensional modeling techniques - the most comprehensive collection ever written. Greatly expanded to cover both basic and advanced techniques for optimizing data warehouse design, this second edition to Ralph Kimball's classic guide is more than sixty percent updated. more...

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Model SQL Server Databases That Work Better, Do More, and Evolve More Smoothly. Effective data modeling is essential to ensuring that your databases will perform well, scale well, and evolve to meet changing requirements. However, if you’re modeling databases to run on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2005, theoretical or platform-agnostic data modeling knowledge isn’t enough: models that don’t reflect SQL Server’s unique real-world strengths and weaknesses often lead to disastrous performance. A Developer’s Guide to Data Modeling for SQL Server is a practical, SQL Server-specific guide to data modeling for every developer, architect, and administrator. This book offers you invaluable start-to-finish guidance for designing new databases, redesigning existing SQL Server data models, and migrating databases from other platforms. You’ll begin with a concise, practical overview of the core data modeling techniques. Next, you’ll walk through requirements gathering and discover how to convert requirements into effective SQL Server logical models. Finally, you’ll systematically transform those logical models into physical models that make the most of SQL Server’s extended functionality. All of this book’s many examples are available for download from a companion Web site. This book enables you to.: Understand your data model’s physical elements, from storage to referential integrity; Provide programmability via stored procedures, user-defined functions, triggers, and .NET CLR integration; Normalize data models, one step at a time; Gather and interpret requirements more effectively; Learn an effective methodology for creating logical models; Overcome modeling problems related to entities, attribute, data types, storage overhead, performance, and relationships; Create physical models—from establishing naming guidelines through implementing business rules and constraints; Use SQL Server’s unique indexin more...

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Detailed algorithms for string processes and pattern matching have examples from natural language processing, molecular sequencing, and databases. more...

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The Art of Software Testing, Second Edition is a revision of the bestselling guide from a leading computer expert and author. It provides a practical discussion of the purpose and nature of software testing, offering the latest methodologies for the design of effective test cases. more...

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