Data Quality provides an expose of research andpractice in the data quality field for technically oriented readers.It is based on the research conducted at the MIT Total Data QualityManagement (TDQM) program and work from other leading researchinstitutions. This book is intended primarily for researchers,practitioners, educators and graduate students in the fields ofComputer Science, Information Technology, and other interdisciplinaryareas. It forms a theoretical foundation that is both rigorous andrelevant for dealing with advanced issues related to data quality.Written with the goal to provide an overview of the cumulated researchresults from the MIT TDQM research perspective as it relates todatabase research, this book is an excellent introduction to Ph.D. whowish to further pursue their research in the data quality area. It isalso an excellent theoretical introduction to IT professionals whowish to gain insight into theoretical results in thetechnically-oriented data quality area, and apply some of the keyconcepts to their practice.