A comparison of the usability of performing ad hoc querying on dimensionally modeled data versus operationally modeled data

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 185-197

  Vujošević, Dušan ^a   Kovačević, Ivana ^a   Suknović, Milija ^a   Lalić, Nenad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Business intelligence; Data models; Dimensionally modeled data; Learnability; Usability

Indexed keywords

AD-HOC QUERYING; DIMENSIONALLY MODELED DATA; HOLISTIC VIEW; LEARNABILITY; RELATIONAL DATA MODELS; USABILITY; USABILITY STUDIES;

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; DATA STRUCTURES; MODELS;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 84868662393     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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