Monash University Computing & Information Technology handbook 1995

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SYS4140

Information modelling

G Shanks

6 points * 4 hours per week * First semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: SYS4220

This subject provides students with an understanding of a range of information-modelling techniques. Critical comparisons are made of the various information-modelling techniques and the practical relevance of the techniques in information systems planning and development is discussed. Topics include: philosophical foundations of information modelling; approaches to information modelling - fact-based modelling, extended entity-relationship modelling, advanced relational modelling; data modelling in practice - generic data models, corporate data modelling, innovation in data modelling and the data administration role.

Assessment

Written (3000 words): 50% * Unit test: 50%

Prescribed texts

Simsion G C Data modelling essentials Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994

Recommended texts

Nijssen G M and Halpin T A Conceptual schema and relational database design: A fact oriented approach Prentice-Hall, 1989


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