It seems like a question a child would ask: “Why are things the way they are?” It is tempting to answer, “because that’s the way things have always been.” But that would be a mistake. Every tool, ...

The beauty of a truly wonderful database design is its ability to serve many masters. And good database designers are able to empathize with those who will use their designs. In business intelligence ...

There are many ways to describe a database: the role it plays in a distributed architecture, the various internal components that make it work, and the various levels that define specific roles and ...

Data modeling, at its core, is the process of transforming raw data into meaningful insights. It involves creating representations of a database’s structure and organization. These models are often ...

Gene expression microarrays are an essential technology for the emerging discipline of pharmacogenomics, and the ways in which expression data are represented in computers have important implications ...