What-if simulation modeling in business intelligence

International Journal of Data Warehousing and Mining

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 24-43

  Golfarelli, Matteo ^a   Rizzi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business intelligence; Data warehouse; Simulation; UML; What if analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY DIAGRAM; BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; COMPREHENSIVE DESIGNS; FUTURE TRENDS; INTEGRATED FASHION; OBJECT FLOW; SIMULATION; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION MODELING; UML; WHAT-IF ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

DATA WAREHOUSES;

EID: 70350070582     PISSN: 15483924     EISSN: 15483932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdwm.2009080702     Document Type: Article

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