scroyston

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   by scroyston 18y ago

   Comment space is a bit limited to do an adequate explanation. For rules that have straightforward (but possibly compound) predicates, Rete will give you O(1) lookup. From wikipedia: "In most cases, the speed increase over naïve implementat
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   by scroyston 18y ago

   I'm all for data over code, but I'd use a Rete network so my program didn't run in O(DISTRIBUTIONS * RULES) time. Yes data design is important, but you need to be algorithm savvy in order to know the best way to design your data structures.
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   by scroyston 18y ago

   It scales fairly well, but my target market is all the Excel analytic users who end up emailing around their views (and end up with version issues, data issues, etc.) I have a good deal experience with large enterprise DWs (SAP BW, Cognos,
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   by scroyston 18y ago

   Yes, I've seen tableau, I think they're awesome. However, their client application is desktop based (though they have recently started doing stuff online, see Tableau does Web 0.2: http://www.intelligententerprise.com/blog/archives/2007/1
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   14 points by scroyston 18y ago|13 comments