In recent years, research on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) management has grown
exponentially, giving rise to a multitude of heterogeneous approaches addressing any …

Despite much interest in business intelligence and analytics (BI&A), empirical research
shows that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are still lagging behind in the …

Business intelligence and analytics (BI&A) has become a cornerstone of many organizations
in making informed decisions. Despite the importance of small and medium-sized …

Users of a business intelligence (BI) system employ an approach referred to as online
analytical processing (OLAP) to view multidimensional data from different perspectives …

Data organization is a critical aspect in Building Energy Data Management. Yet, despite the
importance of the topic, no sound reference model for energy data has been proposed in the …

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are a fundamental tool for understanding the outcomes of
business policies. Teaching these indicators is conventionally accomplished through verbal …

Reference models for data analysis with data warehouses may consist of multidimensional
reference models and analysis graphs. Multidimensional reference models are best-practice …

Many modern software systems are designed to be highly configurable. Configurability is the
ability to build consistent systems from a common architecture through selecting and …

The objective of this paper is to go a step further introducing the concept of Industry 4.0 (I4.
0) using Axiomatic Design as a research methodology. The rationale for this work is to …

Large software systems are in need of a construction plan to determine and define every
concept and element used in order to not end up in complex, unusable, and costintensive …