TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomsen,Erik
TI  - OLAP solutions: building multidimensional information systems 
SN  - 0471400300 (alk. paper)
AV  - T58.62 .T485 2002
U1  - 004.678 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York, New Delhi
PB  - Wiley Computer Pub.
KW  - Decision support systems
KW  - Database design
KW  - System design
KW  - OLAP technology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface.Acknowledgments.PART ONE: THE NEED FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL TECHNOLOGY. The Functional Requirements of OLAP Systems.The Limitations of Spreadsheets and SQL.Thinking Clearly in N Dimensions.PART TWO: CORE TECHNOLOGY.Introducton to the LC Model.The Internal Structure of a Dimension.Hypercubes or Semantic Spaces.Multidimensional Formulas.Links.Analytic Visualization.Physical Design of Applications.PART THREE: APPLICATIONS.Practical Steps for Designing and Implementing OLAP Models.Introduction to the Foodcakes Application Example.Purchasing and Currency Exchange.Materials Inventory Analysis.FCI s Sales and Marketing.FCI s Activity Based Manegement.A Computational Example.PART FOUR: FURTHER ISSUES. Multidimensional Guidelines.Product Language Comparisons.DSS Fusion.Appendix A: Formula Index. Appendix B: Standards in the OLAP Marketplace.Appendix C: LC Language Constructs.Appendix D: Glossary.Appendix E: The Relationship Between Dimensions and Variables.Appendix F: Toward a Theoretically Grounded Model for OLAP and Its Conection to the Relational Model and Canonical Logic.Appendix G: Codd s 18 Features.Notes.Bibliography.Index; CSE
N2  - OLAP is a core technology used for data mining and decision support. This second edition to Erik Thomsen's reference provides an introduction to the best techniques for using OLAP no matter what tool the reader is using
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