Information System of Masaryk University 

Course Information

PV062 File Structures

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2012

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Alternate Types of Completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Jan Staudek, CSc. (lecturer)

Supervisor

prof. RNDr. Luděk Matyska, CSc.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications - Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. Ing. Jan Staudek, CSc.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Department of Computer Systems and Communications - Faculty of Informatics

Timetable

Wed 10:00–11:50 D1

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

there are 34 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

At the end of the course students should be able
understand and explain data coding
apply data compressing algorithms
use file systems interfaces
apply indexing and hashing to file structures

Syllabus

• Information theory, data coding techniques
• Data Compression
• Secondary Memories
• File systems
• Sequential Files Organization
• Indexes, Index-Sequential File Organization, Inverted File Organization
• Hashing, hash index tables, Direct Access File Organization
• Trees, B+ tress, B trees

Literature

• GARCIA-MOLINA, Hector, Jeffrey D. ULLMAN and Jennifer WIDOM. Database system implementation. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2000. xv, 653 s. ISBN 0-13-040264-8. info
• FOLK, Michael J., Bill ZOELLICK and Greg RICCARDI. File structures :an object-oriented approach with C++. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1998. xxiv, 724. ISBN 0-201-87401-6. info

Teaching methods

lectures

Assessment methods

written test

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.

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