Data Warehouse Design Modern Principles and MethodologiesAbout the Authors Matteo Golfarelli is an associate professor of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Bologna, Italy, where he teaches courses in information systems, darabsses, and date mining. Before devoting himsel! full me to data warehousing, he wes 2 researcher in the feds of robotics and pattern recognition. He completed his education at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He has co-zuthored more than 60 articles published in international journais and conference papers, and authored a book on Information system engineering, He has taken part in sovaral research projects and research ‘contracts on data warehousing. Thanks t his experience in the field of business intelligence, ‘he served as an external auditor during many PhD examinations, Since 2008, he hes served as program co-hair of the Business Intelligence Systerns Conference, He is also member of the Editorial Board of the International Joxrmal of Data Mining, Modeling and Management. He canbe contacted at matteo golfarelliunibovit. Stefano Rizr! is a ul professor of Computer Science and Techrology at the University of Bologna, hy where Re teaches courses in advanced information systems and softae engineering He has published approcmately 10) aries about information systems, robile bon systems, and pater recognition in intemnadona!journais and conference papers Hehas joined several esearch prcects mostly focused on data warehousing and has taken parein research contracts bewern his rivers and other enterprises. From 2002 10200, he served as sctontific supervisor ofthe University Data Worehouse project, ranaged by the University of Bologna (n 2003, e was appointed program car ofthe Sith ACM international Workshop on Dats Warchoasing and OLAP (DOLAP) in New Ocieans He is now e member of the DOLAP steering committe. in September 2093 he delivered 2 keynote adciess entitled “Open Problems in Data Warehowsing: Fight Yerrs Later athe international Werkshop on Data Warehenise Design and Managemont (DMIOW 203, Belin, Germany). He served as an. area editor for dats warchousing inthe Excclpatin “of Detaace Sates, edited by Tamer Ozsu and Ling Liu (Springer He can be contacted at Seianosizzi@unboit. [Both authors have been working with data warehousing since 1987. They are well-known, “within the international community of researchers in this Feld mainly due to their publiesions on conceptual design. They have led courses and lectures on data wazehousing for several companies, institutions, and universities in Taly and abroad. Both authors were ‘invited to present keynote addresses and to participate in panels on research topics related to data warehousing in international workshops. In 1998 and 2002, they organized two workshops on data warehouse design at the University of Bologna. Both workshops addressed business analysts and designers. In 2001, they led a tutorial on data warehousing, at the 17th International Conference on Database Engineering in Heidelberg. Germany. In 2004, they were ited to the Perspective Seminar “Data Warehousing at the Crossroads” im Dagetubl, Germany. Ibe goal ofthis seminar was to define new guidelines for data warehouse research in the years to come.Data Warehouse Design Modern Principles and Methodologies Matteo Golfarelli Stefano Rizzi ‘Translated by Claudio Pagliarari Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited WeGraw-Hit OFtces New Delhi NewYork StLouis San Francisco Auckland Bogoté Caracas Kuala Lumpur Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan Montreal ‘San Juan Santiago Singapore Sycney Tokyo Toronto,