Browsing by Author "Tenhunen, Jouni"

Compression methods are widely used in modern computing. With the amount of data stored and transferred by database systems constantly increasing, the implementation of compression methods into database systems has been studied from different angles during the past four decades. This thesis studies the scientific methods used in relational database research. The goal of the thesis is to evaluate the methods employed and to gain an understanding into how research into the subject should be conducted. A literature review is conducted. 14 papers are identified for review and their methodology is described and analysed. The papers reviewed are used to answer four research question and classified according to insights gained during the review process. There are similarities in methods of different papers that can be described to use as a starting point for conducting research in the field of database compression.