The Double Life of the Transaction Abstraction: Fundamental Principle and Evolving System Concept

Summary: Traces transaction concept from formal principles to system abstraction, emphasizing theory–practice synergy. Explores time-dependent, human-involved transaction variants and system challenges; hints at redefining 'transaction' as abstractions evolve. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 8249
Venue: VLDB
Year: 1995
Pagerank: 4.5857918e-05
Overall Rank: 8,100 | 43.66%
DOI: -

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Authors

1. Henry F. Korth

Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 1 of 1 citing papers.

Rank	Citing Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
7,587	Disseminating Updates on Broadcast Disks	1996	VLDB	4.7034607e-05

Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
45	Sagas	1987	SIGMOD	0.00071800944
799	A Model of CAD Transactions	1985	VLDB	0.00016575268
4,004	ASSET: A System for Supporting Extended Transactions	1994	SIGMOD	6.5427306e-05

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