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  Handbook of marketing decision models
Wierenga B.,  Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2008. 630 pp. Type: Book

This handbook gives an overview of academic research on one facet of marketing: quantitative models. Its 17 chapters, by 28 contributors, give a rather traditional overview of selected types of marketing models, including: consumer...

Apr 22 2009
  Security and privacy for multimedia database management systems
Thuraisingham B.  Multimedia Tools and Applications 33(1): 13-29, 2007. Type: Article

The problems related to integrating multimedia data into database management systems (DBMS) are addressed in this position paper, with particular attention given to security and privacy issues. The paper is well-written, structured, and...

Oct 24 2007
  Two topographic maps for data visualisation
Fyfe C.  Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery 14(2): 207-224, 2007. Type: Article

The starting point for this paper is the notion that a set of experts is responsible for generating a given data set. In the mixture of experts (MoE) approach, these experts each take responsibility for a portion of the data space. The...

Sep 19 2007
  Dimensional modeling: identifying, classifying & applying patterns
Jones M., Song I.  Data warehousing and OLAP (Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Workshop on Data Warehousing and OLAP, Bremen, Germany,  Nov 4-5, 2005) 29-38, 2005. Type: Proceedings

Practitioners and students interested in a simple method for logically designing data warehouses should read this paper. The method follows Kimball’s dimensional modeling approach in addressing business processes with fact tables and shared ...

Jul 7 2006
  Understanding search engines: mathematical modeling and text retrieval (2nd ed.)
Berry M., Browne M.,  Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics., 2005. 117 pp. Type: Book

Many users of Web-based information systems often do not know how they work, how the documents are organized, and how the retrieval process is done. This book delivers information on these issues. From it, a user can learn about the structure of...

Feb 27 2006
  Scalable access to scientific data
Menasce D.  IEEE Internet Computing 9(3): 94-96, 2005. Type: Article

The quantity of data stored online quadruples every 18 months. In order to transform this data into information and knowledge, it is essential to develop effective data analysis and extraction capabilities. This clearly written paper presents...

Jan 25 2006
  Capturing summarizability with integrity constraints in OLAP
Hurtado C., Gutierrez C., Mendelzon A.  ACM Transactions on Database Systems 30(3): 854-886, 2005. Type: Article

Data models intended for online analytic processing (OLAP) are viewed as points in a multidimensional space, where each dimension has a structure and categories, groupings within categories, and parent/child relationships among members. Early...

Jan 9 2006
  Beginning relational data modeling (2nd ed.)
Allen S.,  APress, LP, Berkeley, CA, 2005. 632 pp. Type: Book

This fully revised and updated second edition is an attempt to offer a practical, step-by-step guide to data modeling for all information technology (IT) professionals. The topic of data modeling has a long history and has had many books devoted...

Nov 14 2005
   Logical database design principles
Garmany J., Kelly L.,  Auerbach Publications, Boston, MA, 2004. 200 pp. Type: Book

This slim volume cannot easily be described in an opening sentence, so it is necessary to dive right into the review. First, I have some criticisms. The title of the book is entirely misleading. A book titled Logical database design...

Oct 27 2005
  Logical data modeling: what it is and how to do it (Integrated Series in Information Systems)
Chmura A., Heumann J.,  Springer-Verlag Telos, 2004.Type: Book

This practical book on logical data modeling for relational database management systems covers, as its subtitle states, “what it is and how to do it.” The book is written in plain English, and is aimed at business people. It is not...

Jul 21 2005
 
 
 
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