Information and Database Quality

by Piattini, Mario G.; Calero, Coral; Genero, Marcela; Piattini, Mario G.

• ISBN13: 9780792375999
• ISBN10: 0792375998
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

In a global and increasingly competitive market, where organizations are driven by information, the search for ways to transform data into true knowledge is critical to a business's success. Few companies, however, have effective methods of managing the quality of this information. Because quality is a multidimensional concept, its management must consider a wide variety of issues related to information and data quality. Information and Database Quality is a compilation of works from research and industry that examines these issues, covering both the organizational and technical aspects of information and data quality. Information and Database Quality is an excellent reference for both researchers and professionals involved in any aspect of information and database research.

Table of Contents

List of contributors (alphabetically)	vii
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgement	xvii
The Organization's Most Important Data Issues	1	(12)
R.W. Pautke
T.C. Redman
Conceptual Model Quality	13	(32)
M. F. Genero
M.G. Piattini
Information Quality in Internet Commerce Design	45	(12)
P. Katerattanakul
K. Siau
Metrics for Databases: A Way to Assure the Quality	57	(28)
C. Calero
M. Piattini
Total Quality Data Management (TQDM) Methodology for Information Quality Improvement	85	(26)
L.P. English
Data Quality and Business Rules	111	(24)
D. Loshin
A Neat Approach for Data Quality Assessment	135	(28)
M. Bobrowski
M. Marre
D. Yankelevich
Quality in Data Warehousing	163	(36)
M. Bouzeghoub
Z. Kedad
Where Information Quality in Information Systems Education?	199	(24)
B.K. Kahn
D.M. Strong
Index	223