A data model as a blueprint
Database Analogies
https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/faculty-research/profiles/sooriamurthi-raja/
Raja Sooriamurthi is a Teaching Professor with the Information Systems Program at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. He is also the inaugural Program Director of the Decision Analytics and Systems (DAS) minor. Trained as a computer scientist with research in AI and Machine Learning he has a varied academic background having been a faculty member in computer science, business, and information systems departments. In addition to his work in AI/ML he has explored a novel approach to teaching creative problem solving termed puzzled-based learning and has coauthored the text “Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning. Over the years his various pedagogical contributions have been recognized with several awards for teaching excellence.
A notional machine is a pedagogic device to assist the understanding of some aspect of programs or programming. To something along the lines of A notional machine is a pedagogical tool designed to support the understanding of programs, programming, and other aspects of computing such as databases.
