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Accounting Information Systems

11th Edition
Ulric J. Gelinas + 3 others
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781337552127
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Accounting Information Systems

11th Edition
Ulric J. Gelinas + 3 others
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781337552127

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Ch. 5 - What are the five primary schemes for coding data?Ch. 5 - What is the purpose of database normalization in a...Ch. 5 - Explain the concept of functional dependence.Ch. 5 - What is a partial dependency?Ch. 5 - What is an entity in an entity-relationship model...Ch. 5 - What is the cardinality of a relationship in a...Ch. 5 - Explain when a database designer might use a...Ch. 5 - What factors distinguish DSS from EIS?Ch. 5 - Describe the basic differences between ES and NN.Ch. 5 - What role do intelligent agents play in the...Ch. 5 - Why have knowledge management systems become so...Ch. 5 - What is a knowledge base? How is it different from...Ch. 5 - Why are data warehouses important to decision...Ch. 5 - What are the basic components of a database...Ch. 5 - How has the technological availability and...Ch. 5 - What is data independence? Why is it important in...Ch. 5 - How is a DBMS different from a database?Ch. 5 - What are the differences between a logical view...Ch. 5 - What is three-tier architecture? What are some of...Ch. 5 - What problems are solved by transforming a set of...Ch. 5 - What are the different logical database models (or...Ch. 5 - The centralized database approach to data...Ch. 5 - Why have object-oriented databases not replaced...Ch. 5 - Demonstrate your understanding of some of the...Ch. 5 - What are the comparative advantages of the various...Ch. 5 - Using Microsoft Visio (or an alternative...Ch. 5 - Note: This short problem is a continuation of SP...Ch. 5 - Review the E-R diagram in Figure 5.14 (pg. 189)...Ch. 5 - Technology Summary 5.2 (pp. 159160) uses examples...Ch. 5 - Use the Internet to research knowledge management...

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