Corrections and Suggestions
As a textbook of this size is so vulnerable to errors, disagreements, omissions, and
confusion, your input is solicited for future reprints and editions. Comments, corrections,
and constructive suggestions should be sent to Pearson Education, or by electronic mail to:
thomas.connolly@paisley.ac.uk
Acknowledgments
This book is the outcome of many years of work by the authors in industry, research, and
academia. It is therefore difficult to name all the people who have directly or indirectly
helped us in our efforts; an idea here and there may have appeared insignificant at the time
but may have had a significant causal effect. For those people we are about to omit, we
apologize now. However, special thanks and apologies must first go to our families, who
over the years have been neglected, even ignored, during our deepest concentrations.
Next, for the first edition, we should like to thank our editors Dr Simon Plumtree and
Nicky Jaeger, for their help, encouragement, and professionalism throughout this time;
and our production editor Martin Tytler, and copy editor Lionel Browne. We should also
like to thank the reviewers of the first edition, who contributed their comments, suggestions,
and advice. In particular, we would like to mention: William H. Gwinn, Instructor,
Texas Tech University; Adrian Larner, De Montfort University, Leicester; Professor
Andrew McGettrick, University of Strathclyde; Dennis McLeod, Professor of Computer
Science, University of Southern California; Josephine DeGuzman Mendoza, Associate
Professor, California State University; Jeff Naughton, Professor A. B. Schwarzkopf,
University of Oklahoma; Junping Sun, Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University;
Donovan Young, Associate Professor, Georgia Tech; Dr Barry Eaglestone, Lecturer in
Computer Science, University of Bradford; John Wade, IBM. We would also like to
acknowledge Anne Strachan for her contribution to the first edition.
For the second edition, we would first like to thank Sally Mortimore, our editor, and
Martin Klopstock and Dylan Reisenberger in the production team. We should also like to
thank the reviewers of the second edition, who contributed their comments, suggestions,
and advice. In particular, we would like to mention: Stephano Ceri, Politecnico di Milano;
Lars Gillberg, Mid Sweden University, Oestersund; Dawn Jutla, St Mary’s University,
Halifax, Canada; Julie McCann, City University, London; Munindar Singh, North Carolina
State University; Hugh Darwen, Hursely, UK; Claude Delobel, Paris, France; Dennis
Murray, Reading, UK; and from our own department John Kawala and Dr Peter Knaggs.
For the third and fourth editions, we would first like to thank Kate Brewin, our editor,
Stuart Hay, Kay Holman, and Mary Lince in the production team, and copy editors Robert
Chaundy and Ruth Freestone King. We should also like to thank the reviewers of the second
edition, who contributed their comments, suggestions, and advice. In particular, we would
like to mention: Richard Cooper, University of Glasgow, UK; Emma Eliason, University
of Orebro, Sweden; Sari Hakkarainen, Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of
Technology; Nenad Jukic, Loyola University Chicago, USA; Jan Paredaens, University of
Antwerp, Belgium; Stephen Priest, Daniel Webster College, USA. Many others are still
anonymous to us – we thank you for the time you must have spent on the manuscript.
We should also like to thank Malcolm Bronte-Stewart for the DreamHome concept,
Moira O’Donnell for ensuring the accuracy of the Wellmeadows Hospital case study,
Alistair McMonnies, Richard Beeby, and Pauline Robertson for their help with material for
the Web site, and special thanks to Thomas’s secretary Lyndonne MacLeod and Carolyn’s
secretary June Blackburn, for their help and support during the years.
As a textbook of this size is so vulnerable to errors, disagreements, omissions, and
confusion, your input is solicited for future reprints and editions. Comments, corrections,
and constructive suggestions should be sent to Pearson Education, or by electronic mail to:
thomas.connolly@paisley.ac.uk
Acknowledgments
This book is the outcome of many years of work by the authors in industry, research, and
academia. It is therefore difficult to name all the people who have directly or indirectly
helped us in our efforts; an idea here and there may have appeared insignificant at the time
but may have had a significant causal effect. For those people we are about to omit, we
apologize now. However, special thanks and apologies must first go to our families, who
over the years have been neglected, even ignored, during our deepest concentrations.
Next, for the first edition, we should like to thank our editors Dr Simon Plumtree and
Nicky Jaeger, for their help, encouragement, and professionalism throughout this time;
and our production editor Martin Tytler, and copy editor Lionel Browne. We should also
like to thank the reviewers of the first edition, who contributed their comments, suggestions,
and advice. In particular, we would like to mention: William H. Gwinn, Instructor,
Texas Tech University; Adrian Larner, De Montfort University, Leicester; Professor
Andrew McGettrick, University of Strathclyde; Dennis McLeod, Professor of Computer
Science, University of Southern California; Josephine DeGuzman Mendoza, Associate
Professor, California State University; Jeff Naughton, Professor A. B. Schwarzkopf,
University of Oklahoma; Junping Sun, Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University;
Donovan Young, Associate Professor, Georgia Tech; Dr Barry Eaglestone, Lecturer in
Computer Science, University of Bradford; John Wade, IBM. We would also like to
acknowledge Anne Strachan for her contribution to the first edition.
For the second edition, we would first like to thank Sally Mortimore, our editor, and
Martin Klopstock and Dylan Reisenberger in the production team. We should also like to
thank the reviewers of the second edition, who contributed their comments, suggestions,
and advice. In particular, we would like to mention: Stephano Ceri, Politecnico di Milano;
Lars Gillberg, Mid Sweden University, Oestersund; Dawn Jutla, St Mary’s University,
Halifax, Canada; Julie McCann, City University, London; Munindar Singh, North Carolina
State University; Hugh Darwen, Hursely, UK; Claude Delobel, Paris, France; Dennis
Murray, Reading, UK; and from our own department John Kawala and Dr Peter Knaggs.
For the third and fourth editions, we would first like to thank Kate Brewin, our editor,
Stuart Hay, Kay Holman, and Mary Lince in the production team, and copy editors Robert
Chaundy and Ruth Freestone King. We should also like to thank the reviewers of the second
edition, who contributed their comments, suggestions, and advice. In particular, we would
like to mention: Richard Cooper, University of Glasgow, UK; Emma Eliason, University
of Orebro, Sweden; Sari Hakkarainen, Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of
Technology; Nenad Jukic, Loyola University Chicago, USA; Jan Paredaens, University of
Antwerp, Belgium; Stephen Priest, Daniel Webster College, USA. Many others are still
anonymous to us – we thank you for the time you must have spent on the manuscript.
We should also like to thank Malcolm Bronte-Stewart for the DreamHome concept,
Moira O’Donnell for ensuring the accuracy of the Wellmeadows Hospital case study,
Alistair McMonnies, Richard Beeby, and Pauline Robertson for their help with material for
the Web site, and special thanks to Thomas’s secretary Lyndonne MacLeod and Carolyn’s
secretary June Blackburn, for their help and support during the years.
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