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1、DataWarehouseDesignwithUMLPhDThesisSergioLuján-MoraAdvisor:JuanTrujilloDepartmentofSoftwareandComputingSystemsUniversityofAlicanteJune2005PrefaceEverythingstartedinArgentina...Inthesummerof1998,IfinishedmyDegreeinComputerScience.Ididnotwanttotaketheobv

2、iousnextstep:findajobandstarttoworkfortherestofmylife.So,IappliedforagrantoftheSpanishAgencyofInternationalCooperation(AgenciaEspañoladeCooperaciónInternacional1)andIchosethreedestinations:twoinArgentinaandoneinChile.Aswastobeexpected,mymothertoldmeIwa

3、smadandsheaskedmewhatIhadlostinSouthAmerica.Fortunately,IgotthegrantandIspenttwomonthsinGeneralPico(LaPampa,Argentina).Duringthosetwomonths,ImadesomeresearchondistributeddatabaseswithDr.HugoAlfonsoattheUni-versidadNacionaldelaPampa2.Ihadsuchagoodtime,

4、Iatemanychurrascos(barbecuedmeat)anddulcedeleche(caramelizedcon-densedmilk),andImetverynicepeoplethat,obviously,Iwantedtorepeatnextyear.ButIhadtoberelatedtotheUniversityinsomeway.Therefore,IenroledthePhDcoursesattheDepartmentofSoft-wareandComputingSys

5、tems(DepartamentodeLenguajesySis-temasInformaticos3)attheUniversityofAlicante.Andwhatyouhaveinyourhandsistheresultofthatsimpleandfastdecision.Bytheway,ifyouwanttoknowit,thefollowingyearIdidnotgotoArgentinaandlittlebylittle,Ilostthecontactwiththefriend

6、sIleftthere.AsJohnLennonsaid,“Lifeiswhathappenswhileyouarebusymakingotherplans”.Sevenyearslater,theendofthePhDisagoodopportunitytotakealookbackwardsandmeditateaboutthosesevenyears.Duringthisjourney,Ihavelostandwonalotofthings.WhenIstartedtoworkattheDe

7、partmentofSoftwareandComputingSystems(mysecondhomeduetothetimeIspendthere),IaskedJuan,whowouldbemyfuturePhDadvisor,“Dowetravelhere?”.And,ofcourse,wetravelalothere.ThankstothepapersIhavegotpublished,Ihavevisited1http://www.aeci.es/2http://www.unlpam.ed

8、u.ar/3http://www.dlsi.ua.es/iiiivPrefaceBrazil,England,France,China,CzechRepublic,Finland,Germany,Austria,Greece,Portugal,Turkey,andUSA.Briefly,mylastsevenyearscanbedividedinthreeparts.From1998to2000,IattendedthePhDprogramLinguisticEngineering,