Web Warehousing and Knowledge Management

Name: Web Warehousing and Knowledge Management
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ISBN: 9780070411036

ISBN-10: 0070411034

ISBN-13: 9780070411036

Edition: 1999

Authors: Rob Mattison, Brigitte Kilger-Mattison, Brigitte Kilger-Mattison

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Here, Rob Mattison explains the applications, architecture and implementation issues of Web data warehousing. The book covers the tools that are used to find patterns within a database stored on the Internet which can be shared with suppliers, etc.

Book details

List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: McGraw-Hill School Education Group
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English

Rob Mattison is a leading international authority on knowledge management, database implementation, data warehousing, and data mining. He is the author of five books, and his skills as both a speaker and consultant to the telecommunications industry are in constant demand.

Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Applied Knowledge Management	p. 1
Web Warehousing and Knowledge Management	p. 3
Introducing Web Warehousing	p. 4
A Formal Definition	p. 8
Future Systems Profiles	p. 10
Web Warehousing Business Applications	p. 12
Web Warehousing for Consumers	p. 15
A Compelling Technology Story	p. 16
An Introduction to Knowledge Management	p. 17
What Is Knowledge Management?	p. 21
What Is Knowledge Management Theory?	p. 23
What Are the Knowledge Management Principles?	p. 23
Application of Knowledge Management Principles to the Consumer World	p. 26
In Pursuit of a Definition of Knowledge	p. 26
Knowledge Management and Computers	p. 27
What Are Knowledge Management Systems?	p. 31
Databases, Data Warehouses, and Knowledge Bases	p. 36
From Edison to Berners-Lee	p. 37
A Revolution with a Cost	p. 38
Your First Web Warehousing Project Will Be a Failure!	p. 38
The New Technology Assimilation Process	p. 40
The Role of Knowledge Management in the Future	p. 54
Knowledge Management for Corporate I/T Departments	p. 54
Major Planning Implications	p. 57
The Future of Knowledge Management	p. 59
Value Chains and Killer Applications	p. 61
Corporate Strategic Perspectives	p. 62
Understanding Business in Its Most Basic Form	p. 67
Introducing the Value Chain	p. 72
Telecommunications Example	p. 75
Value Chain Implementation--Key to Corporate Differentiation	p. 77
A High-Volume, Low-Cost Retailer	p. 78
The Value Chain and Killer Applications	p. 79
Value Chains and Knowledge Management	p. 80
Value Chain Alignment Issues	p. 82
Modeling, Visioning, and Value Propositions	p. 85
Too Much Technology, Too Little Time	p. 86
Principal Challenges to Web Warehouse Solution Selection	p. 87
Value Propositions	p. 91
The Nature of the Value That Systems Deliver	p. 95
Turning Potential into Realization: The Role of Models and Visioning	p. 96
What Is a Model?	p. 99
Visioning	p. 102
Conclusions	p. 105
Knowledge Networks, Neighborhoods, and Economics	p. 107
Definition of Terms	p. 108
Cultural Shift and New Technology Assimilation	p. 113
Knowledge Exchange, New Technologies, and Their Role in History	p. 117
Knowledge Exchange, New Technologies, and Their Role in Business	p. 120
The Right to Knowledge--Special Consequences for Business	p. 121
Your Right to Knowledge Defines Your Economic Worth	p. 122
The Hard Economics of Knowledge Exchange	p. 122
Secondary Cultural Conflicts	p. 127
Knowledge Management Consequences for the Systems Development Life Cycle	p. 127
Web Warehousing in Action	p. 131
Traditional Warehousing	p. 133
Introduction	p. 134
The Theory of Data Warehousing	p. 134
What Is a Data Warehouse?	p. 138
Barriers to Successful Data Warehousing	p. 140
Really Bad Data Warehousing Approaches	p. 146
Data Warehousing Approaches That Work	p. 148
The Data Warehouse (Mart) Functional Model	p. 153
The Layers of a Warehouse Environment	p. 162
Conclusion	p. 165
Web-Based Query and Reporting	p. 167
Delivering Information over the Web	p. 168
Example: Global Sports	p. 174
Conclusion	p. 196
Web OLAP	p. 197
The World of OLAP Reporting	p. 198
OLAP Architecture and Performance Problems	p. 205
Aperio from Influence Software	p. 212
Conclusion	p. 219
Web-Based Statistical Analysis and Data Mining	p. 221
The Analytical Tools	p. 222
Business Value from Analytical Tools	p. 223
Statistical Products Overview	p. 228
Data Discovery Tools Overview	p. 229
Comparison of the Products	p. 232
Architectural Approaches for Statistical and Data Discovery Tools	p. 234
The Intelligent Miner for Relationship Marketing Product (IBM)	p. 235
Organization and Use of the IM for RM Product	p. 236
Architecture of the IM for RM Product	p. 244
Conclusion	p. 245
Web-Based Graphical and Geographic Information Systems	p. 247
Graphical Information Systems	p. 248
Types of Graphical Information Systems	p. 249
The Autodesk Geographic Information System	p. 258
Starting the Autodesk MapGuide Displays	p. 262
Conclusion	p. 265
An Introduction to Text Information Management Systems	p. 267
The Potentials and the Pitfalls of Textual Management	p. 268
Getting Business Benefit from Text Information Management Systems	p. 272
Areas Where Text Management Systems Have Already Delivered Big Business	p. 274
The History of Textual Information Management	p. 279
Conclusion	p. 288
Architecture of Text Information Management Systems	p. 289
Text Management Systems Review	p. 290
Major Categories of TIMSs	p. 291
Functional Components of a TIMS	p. 302
Conclusion	p. 306
Search Engines and Facilities	p. 307
Search Engines and the Web	p. 308
Search Engine Architecture	p. 309
Variations in the Way That Search Facilities Work	p. 311
Variations in Indexing Schemes	p. 316
The Excalibur RetrievalWare Product	p. 323
Excalibur RetrievalWare--Product Organization	p. 324
Excalibur Screen Examples	p. 332
The Excalibur RetrievalWare Report Card	p. 334
Conclusion	p. 335
Text Mining Systems	p. 337
Text Mining--An Introduction	p. 338
IBM Text Mining Product Offerings	p. 341
Business Applications Making Use of Text Mining Products	p. 342
IBM Customer Relationship Intelligence Product--Text Mining in Action	p. 343
Using the IBM Intelligent Miner for Text	p. 347
Conclusion	p. 354
Multimedia Information Management Systems	p. 355
Defining Multimedia Information Management Systems	p. 356
The Excalibur Visual RetrievalWare Product	p. 363
Components of the Visual RetrievalWare SDK	p. 364
Practical Applications of the Visual RetrievalWare SDK	p. 366
Conclusion	p. 368
Technology Foundations	p. 371
The Internet and Internet Services	p. 373
Introduction	p. 374
The History and Taxonomy of the Internet	p. 374
URL: Uniform Resource Locator	p. 383
Hooking Up to the Internet	p. 384
Internet Services	p. 389
Conclusion	p. 406
Web Components and Communications	p. 407
Web Architecture Review	p. 408
Understanding HTML	p. 411
The Stateless Web	p. 427
Browser-Server Communication in Depth	p. 429
PPP and CGI: Database Access to the Web	p. 433
Delivering Traditional Data over the Web	p. 434
The PPP Approach	p. 435
The CGI Approach	p. 438
The Basic CGI-Based Architecture	p. 439
INPUT with CGI	p. 440
Communication within the CGI Environment	p. 446
Processing under CGI	p. 451
Conclusion	p. 457
Java: The Alternative Approach to Web Programming	p. 459
An Introduction to Java	p. 460
The Java Runtime Environment	p. 465
Components of the Java Language	p. 474
A Closer Look at Some Critical Extension APIs	p. 480
Conclusion	p. 483
JDBC: Accessing Databases with Java	p. 485
JDBC	p. 486
Programming with JDBC	p. 491
JDBC Working with Specific Databases	p. 498
The Next Generation of Web Technology	p. 505
Conclusion	p. 511
Architecture, Performance, and Management	p. 513
Web Warehousing Topology	p. 514
Capacity Planning, Performance Tuning, and Troubleshooting	p. 518
Step-by-Step Guide to Capacity Planning	p. 521
A Step-by-Step Guide to Performance Troubleshooting	p. 531
Conclusion	p. 539
Appendix	p. 541
Glossary	p. 545
Index	p. 563
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