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Valid for year : 2004
 
TDDB38 Database Technology, 7,5 ECTS credits.
/Databasteknik/

For:   C   CII   D   IT   Y  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 50
Rec. self-study hours: 150

  Area of Education: Technology

Subject area: Computer Science/Computer Engineering

  Advancement level (A-D): C

Aim:
The aim of this course is to give a thorough introduction to the theoretical and practical issues underlying the design and implementation of modern database systems.

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Basic programming as well as data structures and algorithms.

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Supplementary courses:
Multimedia databases are studied in TDDC08 Multimedia information retrieval.

Organisation:
The course consists of lectures and laboratory work. Lectures are devoted to theory and techniques. Database design and implementation techniques are practised in the laboratory work.

Course contents:
General database management systems (DBMS). Methods for data modelling and database design. Data modeling techniques: ER-diagrams. Relational databases. Data structures for databases. Architectures and query languages for the relational model. Relational algebra and query optimization. Transactions, concurrency control and recovery. Integrity and reliability.

Course literature:
See literature list on the course web page.

Examination:
Written examination
Laboratory work
3 p
2 p
 



Course language is English.
Department offering the course: IDA.
Director of Studies: Patrick Lambrix
Examiner: Lena Strömbäck
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Last updated: 11/25/2003