Principles of Distributed Database Systems
by M. Tamer Özsu, Patrick Valduriez · M. Tamer Özsu, Patrick Valduriez
A comprehensive textbook covering distributed database architecture, including data fragmentation, replication, distributed query processing, transaction management, and concurrency control. Readers gain a rigorous foundation for designing and analyzing distributed and parallel database systems.
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