Concurrency Control and Recovery in Database Systems

by Philip A. Bernstein, Vassos Hadzilacos, Nathan Goodman

Concurrencey Control and Recovery in Database Systems. P.A. Bernstein. Copyright 1987, Addison-Wesley, Reading. Hardcover in fine condition. Binding is secure, cover and spine are clean with minimal wear. NO writing or highlighting was observerd in text. Dust jacket in very good Shelved in Technology. The Bookman serving Colorado Springs since 1990.

Genres: Programming, Nonfiction, Computer Science

370 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1987

Reviews

[Phil Eaton · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a really excellent book but I'm giving it three stars pretty unfairly because I just think it could have been so much better. First, all of the proofs should have been moved to appendices. It purely hindered reading to be forced to go through them. Second, it is pretty dated so the comparisons that it does are just not against the techniques and terms we use today, making it quite a bit of work to pull the relevant bits out. Third, pseudocode was heavily underused until the last two chapters.

Still quite an interesting and novel book for its time. I would love to see something like this today. Especially given how compact it was in comparison to, for example, DDIA.

[Banashri · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best technical books I have read so far.