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Robert A. Yost
Researcher at IBM
Publications - 12
Citations - 924
Robert A. Yost is an academic researcher from IBM. The author has contributed to research in topics: SQL & Relational model. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 12 publications receiving 915 citations.
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A history and evaluation of System R
Donald D. Chamberlin,Morton M. Astrahan,Michael W. Blasgen,Jim Gray,W. Frank King,Bruce G. Lindsay,Raymond A. Lorie,James W. Mehl,T. G. Price,Franco Putzolu,Patricia G. Selinger,Mario Schkolnick,Donald R. Slutz,Irving L. Traiger,B. W. Wade,Robert A. Yost +15 more
TL;DR: System R as mentioned in this paper is an experimental database system designed to demonstrate that the usability advantages of the relational data model can be realized in a system with the complete function and high performance required for everyday production use.
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Computation and communication in R*: a distributed database manager
TL;DR: Of particular interest is the use of processes in R* to retain user context from one transaction to another, in order to improve the system performance and recovery characteristics.
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R*: An overview of the architecture
Robin Williams,Dean Daniels,Laura M. Haas,George Lapis,Bruce G. Lindsay,Pui Ng,Ron Obermarck,Patricia G. Selinger,Adrian Walker,Paul F. Wilms,Robert A. Yost +10 more
R*: An Overview of the Architecture.
Robin Williams,Dean Daniels,Laura M. Haas,George Lapis,Bruce G. Lindsay,Pui Ng,Ron Obermarck,Patricia G. Selinger,Adrian Walker,Paul F. Wilms,Robert A. Yost +10 more
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Support for repetitive transactions and ad hoc queries in System R
Donald D. Chamberlin,Morton M. Astrahan,W. F. King,Raymond A. Lorie,J. W. Mehl,T. G. Price,Mario Schkolnick,P. Griffiths Selinger,Donald R. Slutz,B. W. Wade,Robert A. Yost +10 more
TL;DR: The architecture of System R is described, some preliminary measurements of system performance in both the ad hoc query and the “canned program” environments are given, and much of the work of parsing, name binding, and access path selection from the path of a running program is removed.