In the third edition of the textbook Principles of Distributed Database Systems, the authors address new and emerging issues in the field while maintaining the key features and characteristics which made the success of the previous editions. The text has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect changes in the field over the last decade. The major changes include detailed treatment of database integration and querying, data replication and database clusters. New topics include Peer-to-Peer data management, Web and XML data management, data streaming and cloud computing. This comprehensive text focuses on concepts and technical issues while exploring the development of distributed database management systems.

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Patrick Valduriez is member of the team SAPHIR.