David J. DeWitt Shahram Ghandeharizadeh Waheed Qureshi ACM SIGMOD Conference 1992 21 2 29 38 1044 KB During the past decade, parallel database systems have gained increased popularity due to their high performance, scalability and availability characteristics. With the predicted future database sizes and the complexity of queries, the scalability of thes Computing Methodologies, SIMULATION AND MODELING, Model Validation and Analysis. Information Systems, DATABASE MANAGEMENT, Systems, Concurrency. H.2.4 Information Systems, DATABASE MANAGEMENT, Systems, Concurrency. I.6.4 Computing Methodologies, SIMULATION AND MODELING, Model Validation and Analysis.