High-Performance
Parallel Database
Processing
and G rid Databases
High-Performance
Parallel Database
Processing
and Grid Databases
David Taniar
Monash University, Australia
Clement H.C. Leung
Hong Kong Baptist University and Victoria University, Australia
Wenny Rahayu
La Trobe University, Australia
Sushant Goel
RMIT University, Australia
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Taniar, David.
High-performance parallel database processing and grid databases / by David
Taniar, Clement Leung, Wenny Rahayu.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-470-10762-1 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. High performance computing. 2. Parallel processing (Electronic computers)
3. Computational grids (Computer systems) I. Leung, Clement H. C. II. Rahayu,
Johanna Wenny. III. Title.
QA76.88.T36 2008
004’ .35—dc22
2008011010
Printed in the United States of America
10987654321
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