Databases

Intelligent Data Warehousing presents the state of the art in data warehousing research and practice from a perspective that integrates business applications and computer science. It brings the intelligent techniques associated with artificial intelligence (AI) to the entire process of data warehous..

This book provides a central source of reference on the various data management techniques of large scale data processing and its technology application. This book presents chapters written by leading researchers, academics, and practitioners in the field, all of which have been reviewed by independ..

LogicQL is a new state-of-the-art programming language based on Datalog. This book explains how to design, implement, and query deductive databases using this programming language. LogiQL’s declarative approach enables complex data structures and business rules to be simply specified and automatical..

This volume is the first focused effort to compile state-of-the-art research and address future directions of UGC. It explains how to collect, index, and analyze UGC to uncover social trends and user habits. The book describes how to mine various media, including social annotation, music information..

Oracle 11i E-Business Suite from the Front Lines is the first book to compile the tips, techniques, and practical advice for administering Oracle E-Business Suite 11i. The author examines Active Directory Utilities, patching, cloning, and the new features that 11i brings to the market. The book bene..

The typical Oracle professional doesn't have the luxury of time to read all the new manuals to understand each new feature of the latest release from Oracle. They need a comprehensive source of information and in-depth tips and techniques for using the new technology. This book provides a collection..

Oracle has evolved from a simple relational database into one of the most complex e-commerce platforms ever devised. This book presents a compendium of articles from Oracle Internals, Auerbach Publications' newsletter for Oracle database administrators and other Oracle professionals...

This hands-on SQL book will help beginner and intermediate users to write queries that apply complex conditions on a table. The book's unique side by side approach makes it easy for the reader to learn three major query languages in the IT industry. The author has over 20 years of experience in data..

This book comprises the analytics process and ways of developing analytics capabilities in organizations. Organizations require, for the application of analytics, a guide in order to use proper data to generate adequate actions. It concentrates on presenting the organization of the analytics process..

With so much growth in SOA, BPM, and EDM technology, corporations are in need of a way to organize their business logic — business rules — in a way that will allow the greatest agility for the business while leveraging current IT assets. Written by two pioneering consultants and bestselling authors ..

Data has value, but our accounting methods do not give data a monetary value. This book presents a straight-forward, well-researched, practical solution to this problem by defining exactly what "data" is, explaining the role of data management in data asset valuations, and presenting an "open framew..