Written by a foremost authority in the field, this comprehensive volume explores the cutting-edge developments in database technology--multi-media database, object-oriented databases, and the contributions of fuzzy technology to them. It explains all concepts using practical examples, and identifies the application areas that will benefit from these technologies, and those that won't.
Since 1961, Dr Dimitris N. Chorafas has advised financial institutions and industrial corporations in strategic planning, risk management, computers and communications systems, and internal controls. A graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Paris, and the Technical University of Athens, Dr Chorafas has been a Fulbright scholar.Dr Chorafas is the author of 135 books, some of which have been translated into 16 languages.