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CP3020:03

Advanced Database Management

Townsville, Cairns

HECS Band 2

26 hours lectures, 13 hours tutorials, 26 hours practicals. Semester 1.

The primary aim is to provide the student with an understanding of the issues involved in the design of database management systems. Topics covered include transaction management, recovery and concurrency, security and authorisation, distributed database systems and an examination of new database technologies.

Learning Objectives:

understand the issues involved in the operation of a DBMS including transaction management, concurrency control and recovery;

have an understanding of different DBMS architectures including distributed databases, client/server systems and deductive databases;

have some knowledge of new database developments including data warehouses and web database developments.

Assessment in this subject involves significant on-course assessment including assignments and tests and an examination at the end of the semester. The full details of the assessment are handed out to students in the class in the first week of the semester in which the subject is offered and posted on the Web.