Hugh J. Watson, University of Georgia
Paul Gray, Claremont, CA

Published December, 1997 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

Copyright 1998, 416 pp.
Paper
ISBN 0-13-796079-4
$49.99

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• Includes comprehensive coverage of today's state-of-the-art front ends and other decision support tools.

• Designed for both experienced data warehouse professionals and developers new to decision support. Covers all the fundamentals of building and maintaining decision support tools for data warehouses.

• Part of the Data Warehousing Institute Series.