This chapter introduces the basic concepts of databases and data warehouses. It compares the two fields and stresses the differences and complementarities between them. The aim of this chapter is to define the terminology and the framework used in the rest of the book, not to provide an extensive coverage of these fields. The outline of this chapter is as follows.
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Malinowski, E., Zimányi, E. (2009). Introduction to Databases and Data Warehouses. In: Advanced Data Warehouse Design. Data-Centric Systems and Applications. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74405-4_2
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