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Chapter 6: Access Methods and Query Processing Techniques

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Spatio-Temporal Databases

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The performance of a database management system (DBMS) is fundamentally dependent on the access methods and query processing techniques available to the system. Traditionally, relational DBMSs have relied on well-known access methods, such as the ubiquitous B + -tree, hashing with chaining, and, in some cases, linear hashing [52]. Object-oriented and object-relational systems have also adopted these structures to a great extend.

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Di Pasquale, A. et al. (2003). Chapter 6: Access Methods and Query Processing Techniques. In: Sellis, T.K., et al. Spatio-Temporal Databases. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2520. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45081-8_6

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