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OLAP Queries: Aggregations, Cube Operator, and Optimizations

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CS-422: Database systems

This course is intended for students who want to understand modern large-scale data analysis systems and database systems. It covers a wide range of topics and technologies, and will prepare students to be able to build such systems as well as read and und ...

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This lecture covers OLAP queries, including multidimensional data models, star schema, dimension hierarchies, and OLAP operations like roll-up, drill-down, and slicing. It also explores the CUBE operator, relational view of data cube, super-aggregates, and optimizations using bitmap indexes and join strategies.

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Anastasia Ailamaki

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