Index Structures for Data Warehouses

Data warehouses differ significantly from traditional transaction-oriented operational database applications. Indexing techniques and index structures applied in the transaction-oriented context are not feasible for data warehouses.
This work develops specific heuristic indexing techniques which process range queries on aggregated data more efficiently than those traditionally used in transaction-oriented systems. The book presents chapters on:

• the state of the art in data warehouse research
• data storage and index structures
• finding optimal tree-based index structures
• aggregated data in tree-based index structures
• performance models for tree-based index structures
• and techniques for comparing index structures.

Inhalt

State of the Art of Data Warehouse Research.- Data Storage and Index Structures.- Mixed Integer Problems for Finding Optimal Tree-Based Index Structures.- Aggregated Data in Tree-Based Index Structures.- Performance Models for Tree-Based Index Structures.- Techniques for Comparing Index Structures.- Conclusion and Outlook.