Understanding Data Quality in a Data Warehouse

Australian Computer Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 122-128

  Shanks, Graeme ^a   Darke, Peta ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data management; Data warehousing; Quality

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; DATA WAREHOUSE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; METADATA QUALITY; SEMIOTIC THEORY;

DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032204256     PISSN: 00048917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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