Data Warehouse - (4th Edition)

Author: Yin Meng
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Data warehouses provide businesses and organizations with the necessary strategies for collecting, storing, and analyzing vast amounts of business data. As business activities continue to grow, the field of data warehousing has become increasingly important. This book is hailed as the "bible" of data warehousing. Since its first publication in 1990, it has not only driven the development of the data warehousing industry but remains an excellent introductory read to this field to this day. The 4th edition covers new technologies in data warehousing, maintaining its pioneering status in this area. By exploring the basic components of data warehouse systems, readers will experience updates in data warehouse design methods; various migration strategies for data warehouses, as well as techniques applied in loading, indexing, and data management. This book provides readers with the latest advancements in the field of data warehousing. New content added in this edition: Methods for processing unstructured data in data warehouses Approaches to storing data on various storage media Comparisons between relational database design and multidimensional database design How to measure return on investment when planning data warehouse projects Exploring advanced research topics, including data monitoring and testing This book systematically covers the fundamental concepts, basic principles, methods, and processes of establishing data warehouses. The main content includes: The development of decision support systems, the structure of the data warehouse environment, data warehouse design, data...