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Database Systems

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Course Unit Code548-0007/10
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
HOR10prof. Ing. Jiří Horák, Dr.
Summary
Information system. Data types. DBS. DBMS. 3 layers of structure description.
Advantages of DB technology. Architecture of DBS. Internal forms of data
storing. Conceptual scheme. ERA diagram. Relationships. UML. Functional
analysis, DFD. Network data model, hierarchical data model. Relational data
model. RDBMS. Keys, referential integrity.Functional dependency. Normalisation
process. Querying. Relational algebra. SQL. QBE. Protection of DBS. Parallel
processes. DBS and IS construction. OO databases. Data warehousing. OLAP,
multidimensional DB.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the subject is to educate students how to create databases, utilise DBMS for solving of different tasks, how to design appropriate data structures.
Course Contents
1) Reality modelling, data processing. Advantages of DB technology.
2) Information system. Classification of information systems.
3) Database system. DBMS and its role.
4) Conceptual scheme. ERA diagram. UML.
5) Review of data types.
6) Relational data model. RDBMS.
7) Integrity constraints.
8) Querying in RDBMS.
9) SQL.QBE.
10) NoSQL databases
11) Spatial database systems.
12) Storage of spatial data in databases
13) Spatial querying, spatial operators according to OGC.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Churcher, Clare. Beginning Database Design. Berkeley, CA: Apress, 2007. ISBN 9781590597699.
Teorey T., Lightstone S., Nadeau T: Database modelling and design: Logical design. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-685352-0
Manolopoulos Y., Papadopoulos, Vassilakopoulos M.: Spatial Databases: Technologies, Techniques, Trends. Idea Group Publishing. 340 stran, Hershey, 2005. ISBN 1-59140-387-1.
Yeung A.K.W, Hall G.B: Spatial Database Systems. Desing, Implementation and Project Management. Springer, Dordrecht, 2007. ISBN 10-1-4020-5393-2. 553 pages.
Pokorný, J., Valenta M.: Databázové systémy. ČVUT, 2020. ISBN 978-80-01-06696-6
Šarmanová J.: Teorie zpracování dat. Skripta VŠB-TUO. 159 stran. 2007.
Pokorný J.: Konstrukce databázových systémů. ČVUT Praha 1998.
Manolopoulos Y., Papadopoulos, Vassilakopoulos M.: Spatial Databases: Technologies, Techniques, Trends. Idea Group Publishing. 340 stran, Hershey, 2005. ISBN 1-59140-387-1.
Recommended Reading:
Ricardo C.M.: Database systems: principles, design, and implementation. Macmillan Publ.Comp. New York 1990.
Adam Nabil R., Gangopadhyay Aryya: Database Issues in Geographic Information Systems. Kluwer, 2.vydání, 1998.
Rigaux P., Scholl M., Voisard A.: Spatial Databases with Application to GIS. Kaufmann, San Francisco, 2002. ISBN 1-55860-588-6. 410 pages.
Rajaraman A., Ullman J., 2011. Mining of Massive Datasets. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107015357.
Dohnal, Pour: Architektury informačních systémů. Ecopress 1997.
Pokorný J.: Databázové systémy a jejich použití v informačních systémech. Academia, 1992.
Dobešová Z: Prostorové databázové systémy. UP Olomouc, 2004.
Ricardo C.M.: Database systems: principles, design, and implementation. Macmillan Publ.Comp. New York 1990.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 (33)17
                písemné testyWritten test12 0
                docházka a řešení doplňkových úkolůOther task type21 0
        ExaminationExamination67 (67)18
                písemná zkouškaWritten examination50 18
                ústní zkouškaOral examination17 0