This book is about using business intelligence as a management informationsystem
for supporting managerial decision making. It concentratesmainly on practical
business issues and demonstrates how to apply datawarehousing and data analytics
to support decision making. This bookprogresses through a logical sequence,
starting with data model infrastructure, then data preparation, followed by data
analysis, integration, knowledge discovery, and fi nally the actual use of
discovered knowledge.All examples are based on the newest achievements in
business intelligence(BI). Finally, this book outlines an overview of a
methodology thattakes into account the complexity of developing applications in
an integratedBI environment.
Surma discusses using business intelligence as a management information system
for supporting managerial decision