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DT8102

Data Base Management Systems, Advanced Course

Credits 7.5
Level Doctoral degree level
Course start Spring 2012
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English and norwegian
Examination arrangement Written examination and Work

About

About the course

Course content

The course is offered every other year, next time in the spring semester 2012. Definition of correct execution of database operations, recoverability, serializability, the notion of transaction. Methods for syncronizing parallel execution of database operations, deadlock, deadlock avoidance. Avoiding loss of data, logging and recovery. Multi version databases, replicated databases.

Learning outcome

Knowledge: A profound understanding of mechanisms for correct execution of parallel processes competing for the same date resources. Knowledge of methods securing correct excecution.
Skills: Be able to implement a suitable method to secure correct execution for an actual case.

Learning methods and activities

Colloquies, excercises and semester assignment

Compulsory assignments

  • Exercises

Course materials

Bernstein, Hadzilacos og Goodman: Concurrency Control and Recovery in Data Base Systems, Addison Wesley 1988.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
DIF8904 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Database technology

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Computer Science

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Written examination and Work
Grade: Letters

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2011

Skriftlig eksamen
Weighting 70/100 Duration 3 timer Place and room Not specified yet.
Arbeider
Weighting 30/100

Ordinary examination - Spring 2012

Skriftlig eksamen
Weighting 70/100 Date 2012-05-24 Time 15:00 Duration 3 timer Place and room Not specified yet.
Arbeider
Weighting 30/100

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