04-631 Advanced Database Systems

12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course aims to describe databases in a way suitable for applications designers. The course initially describes the fundamental characteristics of current database architectures, giving emphasis to the concept of transaction and its implementation in a centralized and distributed environment. The course then illustrates the main lines of system evolution, presenting widespread and relevant models that go beyond relational systems, such as active databases, object-oriented systems, and the management of XML data.

Prerequisites: none listed

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