Ch.10      4/10/03

OLAP = online analytical processing

-data is retrieved from corporate databases and staged in an OLAP multi-dimensional database.

Op db- keeps changing, or dynamic

Data warehouse- its static, can be updated, but static

Usual dimensions: time, account, category/class/religion

ENTERPRISE INFORMATION PORTALS AND DSS

1.     search agents

2.     olap

3.     data mining

4.     dss

5.     knowledge manag.

GEOGRAPHIC INFO. SYSTEMS (GJS)

-special categories of DSS that integrate computer graphics with other DSS features.

*global positioning things are cool

EXECUTIVE INFO. SYSTEMS( EIS)

-combines many of the features of MIS and DSS.  Goal was to provide top executives with immediate and easy access to information about a firms critical success factors (CSFs).

*for the execs

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE(AI, not Allen Iverson) APPLICATIONS

1. Cognitive Science Applications      2. Robotics App.                      3. Natural Int. App.

-expert systems                                    -visual perceptions                    -natural language

-fuzzy logic                                           -locomotion                              -speech recognition

-genetic algorithms                                -navigation                                -multisensory interfac

-neural networks                                   -tactility                                    -virtual reality