Chapter 9, Problem 5RQ

Explanation of Solution

Distinction between the centralized and decentralized conceptual database design:

• Centralized and decentralized designs greatly vary based on the approach they use, the approach could be bottom up and top down approach.

The following are the difference between the centralized and decentralized conceptual database design:

Centralized database design	Decentralized database design
This type of database design is suited for small organization.	This type of database design is well suited for the organizations whose operations are spread at multiple operational sites.
They have relatively small and simple databases with entire view can be identified easily.	They have database which contains multiple entities that are subjected to have a complex relations between them...