Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 22:13:32 GMT Server: NCSA/1.4.2 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 13:09:01 GMT Content-length: 1136
This course concentrates on schemes for representing complex information structures within a computer system and also on the design of efficient algorithms for processing these structures and for retrieving the information they contain. Algorithms for storage allocation and deallocation are examined in some detail, as are techniques for storing, retrieving, and manipulating large amounts of data. The techniques discussed are applied to the construction and analysis of specific information systems. Attention is also paid to the effect of system design on the users of information systems and on society at large. Offered in alternate years.