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Optimum data base reorganization points

By Ben Shneiderman
Communications of the ACM, June 1973, Vol. 16 No. 6, Pages 362-365
10.1145/362248.362267
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In certain data base organization schemes the cost per access may increase due to structural inefficiencies caused by update. By reorganizing the data base the cost per access may be reduced. However, the high cost of a reorganization prohibits frequent reorganizations. This paper examines strategies for selecting the optimum reorganization points.

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