GateXAIML / Recommended Books
Data Warehousing and Data Mining
Why this subject matters: Data warehousing concepts — star schemas, OLAP, ETL — are tested in GATE DA and are exactly what Data Engineers and Analytics Engineers work with daily at any company with a serious data platform.
Standard reference
The Data Warehouse Toolkit
The definitive reference on dimensional modeling — star schemas, slowly changing dimensions, and fact table design, from the method's creator.
Standard reference
Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques
The most widely used data mining textbook — comprehensive coverage of classification, clustering, association rule mining, and data warehousing concepts, closely aligned with how the subject is taught and examined.
Practice & problems
Data Warehousing Fundamentals
A more accessible, India-popular introduction with simpler explanations of OLAP operations and schema design.
