August 25, 2025
Monday of Week 1
Topics of the day
- Introduction
- Data independence
- Physical data storage
- B-trees
Suggested readings
- Sections 2.2, 13.1, 14.3 from Ramez Elmasri and Shamkant Navathe, Fundamentals of database systems, 4e
- Sections 2.2, 17.1, 18.3 from Ramez Elmasri and Shamkant Navathe, Fundamentals of database systems, 6e
- Section 4.7 from Mark Allen Weiss, Data structures and algorithm analysis in C++, 3e
Online references
- Data independence (en.wikipedia.org)
- B-tree (en.wikipedia.org)
Assignments
Today
Upcoming
- Project 1: Balanced binary prep due (27 Aug)
- Project 1: Balanced binary design due (03 Sep)
