Presenting the developments in database technology, this edition offers an introduction to design, implementation and management issues, and a treatment of database languages and standards. Meant for students and professionals, it includes explanations using case studies. The design methodology is divided into conceptual, logical, and physical.

A case study of decision making under pressure, this text covers the Cuban missile crisis. Using the missile crisis as a basic frame of reference, it seeks to teach students how to compare and contrast perspectives on foreign affairs.

This book is a professional's guide to the business and technology of silicon (semiconductor) design and manufacturing. In other words, it is a "Hitchhiker's Guide to Silicon Valley;" and an explanation of what and how the enormous electronics industry works.