Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Θετικών Επιστημών. Τμήμα Μηχανικών Ηλεκτρονικών Υπολογιστών και Πληροφορικής
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Vassiliadis, P.
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On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) is a trend in database technology, based on the multidimensional view of data and is an indispensable component of the so-called business intelligence technology. The systems that realize this technology are called OLAP servers and are among the most high-priced products in software industry today [24]. The aim of this paper is twofold: (a) to describe the core levels of an OLAP system s architecture and to present design choices and reasoning for each one of them,an d (b) to present the specific design decisions that we made for a prototype under development at NTUA, ERATOSTHENES. The paper describes in detail the most important decisions taken regarding the basic layers of the server component of ERATOSTHENES.
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