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Data Organisation

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Abstract

At the end of this chapter the reader will be able to:

  • Distinguish between logical and physical organisation of data

  • Describe the major features of the physical organisation of data

  • Illustrate features of logical organisation and the mapping to physical organisation

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  • Ramakrishnan, R. and J. Gehrke (2003). Database Management Systems. Boston, MA, McGraw-Hill.

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  • Rolland, F.D. (1998). The Essence of Databases. Hemel Hempstead, UK, Prentice-Hall.

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Beynon-Davies, P. (2004). Data Organisation. In: Database Systems. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-00107-7_27

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