Usage-Driven Database Design: From Logical Data Modeling through Physical Schema Definition

© George Tillmann 2017

George Tillmann, Usage-Driven Database Design, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2722-0_15

15. The Big Data Decision Support System

George Tillmann¹ 

(1)Ship Bottom, New Jersey, USA

The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.

—R. W. Hamming

I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.

—Bjarne Stroustrup (originator of C++ programming language)

The traditional decision support system /data warehouse (DSS/DW) approach works well with large databases and structured data. However, decision-making often involves more than structured data. It also uses very large databases consisting of considerable amounts of unstructured data—Big Data.

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