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Database design [LINF2172]
[30h+30h exercises] 5 credits

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This course is taught in the 2nd semester

Teacher(s):

Manuel Kolp, Alain Pirotte (coord.), Marco Saerens

Language:

French

Level:

Second cycle

>> Aims
>> Main themes
>> Content and teaching methods
>> Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
>> Other credits in programs

Aims

- To be able to implement the various steps involved in building a complex database (conceptual modeling, physical storage, optimization, re-engineering)

- To understand and be able to adjust the implementation of functions offered by database-management systems

Main themes

- Database lifecycle

- Logical design, relational normalization

- Object-based models

- Other functions: active databases, temporal databases, database integration

- Physical representation: file organization, access structures

- Performance optimization: query-evaluation strategies, evaluation of relational operations, database tuning

Content and teaching methods

see "Main themes"

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

- Prerequisite: INGI2271 Systèmes de gestion de bases de données

- References
(1) T. Connolly and C. Begg, "Database Systems: a Practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management", Addison-Wesley, 5th Edition, 2005
(2) R. Elmasri, S. Navathe, "Fundamentals of Database Systems", 4th Edition, Benjamin/Cummings, 2004
(3) H. Garcia-Molina, J. Ullman, J. Widom, "Database Systems: the Complete Book", Prentice Hall, 2002

Other credits in programs

INFO22

Deuxième année du programme conduisant au grade d'ingénieur civil informaticien

(5 credits)

Mandatory

LINF22/GN

Deuxième licence en informatique (informatique générale)

(5 credits)

Mandatory

LINF22/GS

Deuxième licence en informatique (informatique de gestion)

(5 credits)

Mandatory



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