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Database Management Systems (DBMS)

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A database management system (DBMS) is a software that implements functions to organize the storage and retrieval of data in databases according to a specific data model. Relational DBMS are the most mature and popular systems, but especially for the needs of big data applications, new categories of DBMS, such as NoSQL DBMS or Complex Event Processing systems, have been developed.

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  1. Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT, Sankt Augustin, Germany

    Sandra Geisler & Christoph Quix

  2. Hochschule Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Krefeld, Germany

    Christoph Quix

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    Laurie A. Schintler

  2. School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

    Connie L. McNeely

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Geisler, S., Quix, C. (2020). Database Management Systems (DBMS). In: Schintler, L., McNeely, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Big Data. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32001-4_538-1

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