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  1. Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA

    Curtis E. Dyreson

  2. Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

    Christian S. Jensen

  3. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Richard T. Snodgrass

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  1. College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 266 Ferst Drive, 30332-0765, Atlanta, GA, USA

    LING LIU (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Database Research Group David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    M. TAMER ÖZSU (Professor and Director, University Research Chair) (Professor and Director, University Research Chair)

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E. Dyreson, C., Jensen, C., T. Snodgrass, R. (2009). Now in Temporal Databases. In: LIU, L., ÖZSU, M.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-39940-9_248

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