Answer by Scot Hauder
In general I would say no. If your business users are in the financial/tech/science industry then some of their reporting and modeling needs might require a higher understanding of the math. If you are...
View ArticleAnswer by Matt Whitfield
I'd say it's essential. An understanding of set theory, an particularly algorithmic maths is absolutely invaluable. For example, understanding how hash tables work, how indexes really work - they're...
View ArticleAnswer by ThomasRushton
I would say yes. Set theory (obviously), and an understanding of probability is necessary. For example, how do you know how many database restores from your thousand databases do you need to do in...
View ArticleAnswer by David 1
Yes. Relational database design is based in logic and mathematics. So are the building blocks of database queries. So those mathematical concepts are the toolkit you can use to solve database problems....
View ArticleAnswer by Magnus Ahlkvist
I'd say... ***drumroll***... It depends. It depends a lot on what you call mathemathics. When I studied "Algorithms and datastructures" we did learn a lot about efficiency calculations. It was...
View ArticleAnswer by Blackhawk-17
I've read the book and it is theory laden. Some of it takes second readings to wrap your head around the authors' mindset. The title, Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals, sums it up - dB...
View ArticleAnswer by Jesse McLain
I wrote an [algorithm to determine natural keys on raw data][1], and the math behind [combinatorics][2] certainly comes into play for estimating performance. If I want to find all possible unique keys...
View ArticleAnswer by Mark
Does the book cover statistics? I was interested in [this][1] SQL program that uses Linear Regression. [1]: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/69334/
View ArticleAnswer by Cyborg
SET Theory, Linear Programming - is a mathematical method for determining a way to achieve the best outcome , Genetic Algorithm for heuristic Search etc.
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