Re: Data Warehouse Models

Have you looked at the R.Kimball and the W.H. Inmon dw books? They are not math based, but you should get a good feel of the design issues from them from which you could derive a model.

One thing to hold on to is that no two dw are the same, and real-world complexities jump up (and tecnological change) to make even much of the Kimball and Inmon books wrong.

MotoX.

On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 21:59:51 GMT, brcmarketing_at_earthlink.net wrote:

>Are there mathematical puzzles, models etc that best fit the problem of
>optimizing performance on a data warehouse? Something topological or perhaps a
>model used elsewhere, such as in network design or even road traffic?
>
>I'm looking for a sort of Martin Gardner type problem, like a good jigsaw
>puzzle but that relates to this field. I'm not a sysadmin but a
>designer/writer, working on a marketing problem, so if you respond, try not
>to get too technical- -I know about some of the more visual mathematical
>models like mandelbrot fractals and klein bottles, but just the 'look and
>feel' of these things. Thanks for any help or pointers.
>
>Mark Martel
>
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Received on Wed Dec 16 1998 - 14:58:42 CST