douglas comer'in 1979 tarihli makalesi.
b-tree'lerin arama ve veri istiflemedeki önemini anlatmak için böyle çarpıcı bir başlık seçilmiş.
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b-trees have become, de facto, a standart for
file organization. file indexes of users, dedicated database systems, and generel-purpose access methods have al been proposed and implemented using b-trees. this paper reviews b-trees and shows why they have been so successful. it discusses the major variations of b-tree, especially the b+ tree, contrasting the relative merits and costs of each implementation. it illustrates a general purpose access method which uses a b-tree.
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acm üzerinden bu makaleye ulaşılabilir,
(bkz:
http://portal.acm.org/...)