This document provides an introduction to transaction processing in database management systems. It discusses key concepts such as transactions, concurrency control, recovery from failures, and desirable transaction properties. The main points covered are: - A transaction is a logical unit of work that includes database operations that must succeed as a whole or fail as a whole. - Concurrency control is needed to prevent problems that can arise from uncontrolled concurrent execution of transactions, such as lost updates or dirty reads. - Recovery is required to handle failures and ensure transactions are fully committed or rolled back. The system log tracks transaction operations. - Desirable transaction properties include atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability.