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Implementation of Database Systems
(dt. Implementierung von Datenbanksystemen)
Level, degree of commitment in original study programme | Advanced module, compulsory elective module |
Forms of teaching and learning, workload |
Lecture (4 SWS), recitation class (2 SWS), 270 hours (90 h attendance, 180 h private study) |
Credit points, formal requirements |
9 CP Course requirement: Successful completion of at least 50 percent of the points from the weekly exercises as well as at least 2 presentations of the tasks. Examination type: Oral or written examination |
Language, Grading |
German,The grading is done with 0 to 15 points according to the examination regulations for study course M.Sc. Computer Sciences. |
Original study programme | M.Sc. Informatik / Vertiefungsbereich Informatik |
Duration, frequency |
One semester, Jährlich oder zweijährlich im Wintersemester |
Person in charge of the module's outline | Prof. Dr. Bernhard Seeger |
Contents
- Architecture of database systems
- File organization and access structures
- One-dimensional index structures: B-trees and hash methods
- Multidimensional index structures
- Index Structures in Database Systems
- Lock protcols and recovery for index structures
- Algorithms for database operators
- Query optimization
- Physical optimization of databases
- New developments in database systems
Qualification Goals
- Acquisition of knowledge to assess the performance of database systems,
- Techniques for the development of efficient data structures and algorithms in database systems,
- Analysis of external data structures regarding runtime, storage space and throughput,
- Dealing with index structures in commercial database systems,
- Knowledge about query optimization techniques and their availability in commercial systems,
- Insights into architectures of modern database systems.
Prerequisites
None. The competences taught in the following modules are recommended: either Algorithms and Data Structures or Practical Informatics II: Data Structures and Algorithms for Pre-Service-Teachers, Database Systems.
Recommended Reading
- Kemper, Eickler: Datenbanksysteme, Oldenbourg.
- Härder, Rahm: Datenbanksysteme. Konzepte und Techniken der
- Implementierung, Springer.
- Saake, Heuer, Sattler: Datenbanken: Implementierungstechniken, Mitp.
- Garcia-Molina, Ullman, Widom: Database System Implementation, Prentice Hall.
Please note:
This page describes a module according to the latest valid module guide in Wintersemester 2020/21. Most rules valid for a module are not covered by the examination regulations and can therefore be updated on a semesterly basis. The following versions are available in the online module guide:
- WiSe 2016/17 (no corresponding element)
- SoSe 2018 (no corresponding element)
- WiSe 2018/19
- WiSe 2019/20
- WiSe 2020/21
- SoSe 2021
- WiSe 2021/22
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