Title :
On Optimistic Methods For Concurrency Control
Author :
King, H.T. ; Robinson, John T.
Author_Institution :
Carnegie-Mellon University
Abstract :
Most current approaches to concurrency control in database systems rely on locking of data objects as a control mechanism. In this paper, two families of non-locking concurrency controls are presented. The methods used are "optimistic" in the sense that they rely mainly on transaction backup as a control mechanism, "hoping" that conflicts between transactions will not occur. Applications where these methods should be more efficient than locking are discussed.
Keywords :
Concurrency control; Conference proceedings; Contracts; Database systems; Optimization methods;
Conference_Titel :
Very Large Data Bases, 1979. Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DOI :
10.1109/VLDB.1979.718150