（英文版學(xué)習(xí)課件）High-Dimensional OLAP：A Minimal Cubing Approach

High-DimensionalOLAP:

AMinimalCubingApproachpurposeHowtocubinginHigh-DimensinaldatawarehousesefficientlyThispaperproposeanovelmethodthatcomputesathinlayerofthedatacubetogetherwithassociatedvalue-listindicesIntroductionDatacubehasbeenplayinganessentialroleintheimplementationoffastOLAPoperationTherehavebeenmanyefficientcubecomputationalgorithmsproposedMultiwayarrayaggregationBUCH-cubingStar-cubingIntroduction(cont.)Traditionaldatawarehousemayhave10dimensions,butmorethat109

tuplesButforbioinformatics,textprocessing,dataarehighindimensionality,over100,1000dimensionsbutonlymediuminsize,egaround106

tuples.ExistingmethodistoocostlyincomputationtimeandstoragespacetohighdimensionalOLAPIntroduction(cont.)newmethodcalledshellfragmentVerticallypartitionsahighdimensionaldatasetintoasetofdisjointlowdimensionaldatasetsForeachfragment,computeitlocaldatacubeofflineWhenquery,assemblethesefragmentonlineAnalysisCurseofDimensionalityAhighdimensionaldatacuberequiresmassivememoryanddiskspaceCurrentalgorithmsareunabletomaterializethefullcubeundersuchconditionsIcebergCubeComputingonlythecuboidcellswhosecountorotheraggregatessatisfyingthecondition:HAVINGCOUNT(*)>=minsupMotivationOnlyasmallportionofcubecellsmaybe“abovethewater’’inasparsecubeOnlycalculate“interesting”data—dataabovecertainthresholdProblemofIcebergCubeFirst,ifahigh-dimensionalcellhasthesupportalreadypassingthecebergthreshold,itcannotbeprunedbytheicebergconditionandwillstillgenerateahugenumberofcells.abasecuboidcell:“(a1;a2;:::;a60):5"(i.e.,withcount5)willstillgenerate260icebergcubecells.ProblemofIcebergCube(cont.)Second,itisdifficulttosetupanappropriateicebergthreshold.Atoolowthresholdwillstillgenerateahugecube,butatoohighonemayinvalidatemanyusefulapplications.Third,anicebergcubecannotbeincrementallyup-dated.Samesituationhappensinthedwarf,quotientcubeSubstantialI/OoverheadforaccessingafullmaterializeddatacubeQueryordermightbeincompatiblewithaI/OproblemCuboidsarestoredondiskinsomefixedorder,thatordermightbeincompatiblewithparticularequery.CurrentpartialsolutionComputeathincubeshellCubeidwithMaybe3dimensionsorlessina60Existingalotofproblems:StillneedtocomputealotofcubeidDonotsupportOLAPover4dimensionsCannotsupportdrillingComputationModelSemi-onlinecomputatinmodelwithcertainpre-processingObservation,anOLAPquery: ignoremanydimensions(i.e.,treatingthemasirrelevant)fixsomedimensions(e.g.,usingqueryconstantsasinstantiations)leaveonlyafewtobemanipulated(fordrilling,pivoting,etc.).OLAPoperationsPrecomputationofshellFragmentsInvertedIndexLemma1TheinvertedindextableusesthesameamountofstoragespaceastheoriginaldatabaseShellFragmentsAllthedimensionsofadatasetarepartitionedintoindependentgroups,calledfragments.Foreachfragment,wecomputethecompletelocaldatacubewhileretainingtheinvertedindices.(A1……A60),fragmentsofsize3,140cubeids,whilecubeshellofsizeof336050cubeids.Example(A,B,C)and(D,E)Foreachfragment,wecomputethecompletedatacubebyintersectingthetid-lists{a1b2*}CuboidDELemma2GivenadatabaseofTtuplesandDdimensions,theamountofmemoryneededtostoretheshellfragmentsofsizeFisO(T(D/F)(2F-1))ComputingotherMeasuresSum,averageID_MeasurearrayAlgorithmforShellFragmentComputationOnlineQueryComputationPointQueryseeksaspecialcuboidcellintheoriginaldataspace.Inann-dimensionaldatacube(A1;A2;:::;An),apointqueryisintheformof(a1;a2;:::;an:M)MistheinquiredmeasureFordimensionsthatareirrelevantoraggregated,onecanuse*asitsvalue.SubcubeQueryseeksasetofcuboidcellsintheoriginaldataspaceItisonewhereatleastoneoftherelevantdimensionsinthequeryisinquired,Marked?.<a2;?;c1;*;?:count()>QueryProcessing<a1;a2;:::;an:M>.Eachaihas3possiblevalues:aninstantiatedvalue,Aggregate*,inquire?.Stepsforinstantiateddimensionalgatheralltheinstantiatedai'sifthereareanyexaminetheshellfragmentpartitionstocheckwhichai'sareinthesamefragments.retrievethetid-listsTheobtainedtid-listsareintersectedtoderivetheinstantiatedbasetable.Iftherearenoinquireddimensions,stopotherwiseStepsforinquireddimensionsForeachinquireddimension,weretrieveallitspossiblevaluesandtheirassociatedtid-lists.theyareintersectedwiththeinstantiatedbasetabletoformthelocalbasecuboidoftheinquiredandinstantiateddimensions.AnycubingalgorithmcanbeemployedtocomputethelocaldatacubeShellFragmentGrouping&SizeGroupingdomain-specificknowledgecanbeusedforbettergrouping.Size(F)IfFistoosmall,thespacerequiredtostorethefragmentcubeswillbesmallbutthetimeneededtocomputequeriesonlinewillbelong.2<=F<=4Bottom-UpComputation(BUC)BUC(Beyer&Ramakrishnan,SIGMOD’99)Bottom-upvs.top-down?—dependingonhowyouviewit!Aprioriproperty:Aggregatethedata, thenmovetothenextlevelIfminsupisnotmet,stop!Ifminsup=1TcomputefullCUBE!PartitioningUsually,entiredatasetcan’tfitinmainmemorySortdistinctvalues,partitionintoblocksthatfitContinueprocessingOptimizationsPartiti