Data Warehouse (3rd Edition)

Author: (USA) Immon
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: This book is the authoritative work on data warehousing written by the founder of data warehousing. This new edition includes classic theories and cutting-edge developments in the field. It can serve as a graduate textbook for relevant majors and also as a guide for researchers, developers, and managers in data warehousing. The book comprehensively covers the basic concepts, fundamental principles, methods, and processes of establishing a data warehouse. The main contents include the development of Decision Support Systems (DSS), the architecture of the data warehouse environment, data warehouse design, data warehouse granularity, data warehouse technologies, distributed data warehouses, the relationship between EIS systems and data warehouses, the relationship between external and unstructured data and data warehouses, data loading issues, the connection between data warehouses and the web, ERP and data warehouses, and a review of key points in data warehousing. This book is the authoritative work on data warehousing written by the founder of data warehousing. This new edition includes classic theories and cutting-edge developments in the field. It can serve as a graduate textbook for relevant majors and also as a guide for researchers, developers, and managers in data warehousing.