Acknowledgements
My profound gratitude is owed to my wife, Jacqueline, and children Chris-Ann and Rhoden, for putting up with me during the periods of preparation of this text. Also, I must recognize several of my past and current students (from four different institutions and several different countries) who at various stages have encouraged me to publish my notes, and have helped to make it happen. In this regard, I would like to make special mention of Dionne Jackson, Kerron Hislop, Brigid Winter, Sheldon Kennedy, and Ruth Del Rosario.
Special appreciation is offered to my colleague Shripad Godbole, who has coauthored some of the chapters with me, particularly in divisions D and E. Being a practicing database administrator, Shripad has also ...
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