MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Computing & Information Technology Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

COT4430

Database design and administration

G Martin

6 points + 4 hours per week + Second semester + Caulfield + Prerequisites: COT4230

Objectives By completing this subject, students develop an understanding of physical database design and maintenance.

Synopsis Embedded SQL, performance monitoring and modelling, system tuning and optimisation for single-site and networked systems, CASE tools for physical design, schema generators, concurrency and locking, restart and recovery methods, system security.

Assessment Examination (2 hours): 50% + Practical work: 50%

Recommended texts

Chandy K M and Yeh R T (eds) Current trends in programming methodology vol. 3, Software modelling Prentice-Hall, 1978
Sauer C H and Chandy K M Computer systems performance modelling Prentice-Hall, 1981

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