Data Mining

[Jane B]

I just read a post on the Data Mining Down Under blog about a new book that sounds interesting. Here are the details:

The Multidimensional Data Modeling Toolkit
By John Paredes, founder of OLAP World, Inc

Abbreviated Table of Contents...

Part I: Preparing for the Journey

• Oveview
• What is OLAP?
• What is the Oracle OLAP DML?
• Pit Stop: Working with Analytic Workspaces

Part II: Mastering Dimensions

• Creating Dimensions
• Describing Dimension Members with Labels
• Categorizing Dimension Members with Attributes
• Organizing Dimension Members into Hierarchies
• Unnatural, Ragged, and Other Hierarchy Variations

Part III: Designing Multidimensional Data

• Storing Multidimensional Data in the Analytic Workspace
• Calculating Data On-the-Fly
• Filtering, Relationships, and Combinations
• Working with Sets
• Aggregations

Part IV: Graphical User Interfaces for OLAP

• Exploring Metadata
• The Star Schema and Beyond
• Selectors

Part V: OLAP DML Programming

• Writing DML Programs
• Programs for Getting Data In and Out of an Analytic Workspace
• Tune Up: Working with Analytic Workspaces

Part VI: Analytical Alchemy

• Design Principles for Creating Multidimensional Information
• Migration Analysis: Showing Changes in Customer Choices
• The Relationship between OLAP, Statistics, and Data Mining

Available on Amazon.