Information and Knowledge-Based Systems

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Department of Cybernetics

Synopsis:

The course is not targeted to students of the KM branche. It is aimed at providing students of other branches with an overview, which is necessary for efficient communication with experts in the field of IT and knowledge engineering. In first part the students will learn principles of information system analysis and design, in the second part they will learn the concepts of information, knowledge, uncertainty, and knowledge-based system. An attention is paid to demos of practical solutions.

Requirements:

Presence according general regulations, succesful test.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Data flow analysis, functional decomposition of a system

2. Structured analysis and design

3. Data models, E-R diagrams

4. Relational databases

5. Object-oriented analysis and design I.

6. Object-oriented analysis and design II.

7. Component architecture

8. Distributed systems, data replication, synchronisation

9. Data / Information / Knowledge, knowledge representation

10. Knowledge management

11. Uncertainty processing

12. Expert systems

13. Data mining methods

14. Data warehouses, geographical information systems

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Organization, safety, passing conditions

2. Demo of a functional decomposition of a system

3. A practical case study of a structured analysis and design I.

4. A practical case study of a structured analysis and design II.

5. A practical case study of a data model design I.

6. A practical case study of a data model design II.

7. A practical case study of an object-oriented analysis and design I.

8. A practical case study of an object-oriented analysis and design II.

9. Implementation of a database according the designed data model

10. Interactive querying the implemented database

11. Test

12. Demo of an expert system

13. Solving a simple problem with an expert system

14. Demo of an data warehouse and geographical information system

Study Objective:

Study materials:

[1] Rumbaugh, J., Blaha, M., Premerlani, W., Eddy, F., Lorenson, W.: Object-oriented Modelling and Design. Prentice Hall, 1991

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Common plan- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Computer Technology- structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Electronics and Communication Technology - structured studies (elective specialized course)
• Cybernetics and Measurements- structured studies (compulsory elective course, elective specialized course)
• Heavy-current Engineering- structured studies (elective specialized course)