Course details
Information Systems
IIS Acad. year 2005/2006 Winter semester 4 credits
Information system as a special case of a system. Kinds of informarion systems. History of information systems. Management information systems, their desing and development. Special information systems. Technology of information system with relational database system building. Distributed information system. Methods of large information system building and communication.
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Language of instruction
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Time span
- 26 hrs lectures
- 13 hrs projects
Department
Subject specific learning outcomes and competences
Ability to model especially economic reality in the information system. Ability and knowledge to implement information systems under database technologies.
Learning objectives
To obtain common overview of information system branch. To get basic knowledge of information systems based on the database technology. In more details to get knowledge of management information systems.
Recommended prerequisites
- Formal Languages and Compilers (IFJ)
- Introduction to Software Engineering (IUS)
- Database Systems (IDS)
- Computer Communications and Networks (IPK)
- Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence (IZU)
- Computer Communications and Networks (IPK)
- Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence (IZU)
- Formal Languages and Compilers (IFJ)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
database theory, computer networks
Syllabus of lectures
- Information system as a special case of common system.
- Information systems types.
- Information systems history.
- Economic information systems and their implementation.
- Common model of an economic information system, selected parts.
- Special information systems - overview.
- Technology of information system implementation - relational databases.
- Technology of information system implementation - object-oriented databases.
- Distributed information systems.
- Information systems in the Internet environment.
- Electronical interchange of structured dates.
- Markup languages - XML technology.
- Methods of implementation large information systems and their communication.
Progress assessment
At least half of points obtainable during the semester (tests and project), i.e. 25 points.
Controlled instruction
Mid-term test. Continuous checking of the project solution by the supervisor.