Topics in Database Systems: Data Management in Peer-to-Peer Systems Fall Semester 2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSIGNMENT 7 Due: PART 1: Dec 14, 2005 PART 2 (term project): Dec 21, 2005 PART 1: ======= (up to 3 people) Reading Assignment ------------------ Read the rest of the Demers et al paper. Take a look at the Data et. al and the Roussopoulos et. al paper. Read the PIER paper. 1. (replication) Write a short (1-2 pages) survey of the replication papers (Cohen, Lv, Demers, Datta, Roussopoulos) summarizing the main results of each: (a) what is the problem they are solving (b) what is the proposed solution/result. 2. (PIER) Give an algorithm for implementing on PIER: (a) sum aggregate on an attribute, (b) a range selection query. PART 2 ======== Take a look at http://www.cs.uoi.gr/~pitoura/courses/p2p05/term-project.html