Explanation of exceptional values in multi-dimensional business databases

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 884-897

  Caron, E A M ^a   Daniels, H A M ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data mining; Decision support systems; Explanation; Multi dimensional databases; OLAP

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; DATA MINING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FINANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

BUSINESS DATABASES; ONLINE ANALYTICAL PROCESSING (OLAP);

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 38649142419     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.04.039     Document Type: Article

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