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CSCI 201 Guest Lecture: Data Modeling

Overview

  • What is a data model?
  • Why data modeling?
  • Characteristics of a good data model
  • Example: A bad data model
  • Example: A good data model
  • The modeling process
  • Conclusion

    • Thinking itself is mental modeling. With the inventions of paper and printing, many models have become standardized. The so-called Copernican Revolution in science was a change from an earth-centric to a solar-centric celestial model. There are many types of models. I will give a brief overview of some of these types, but this lecture will emphasize the object model.

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