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Business intelligence (BI) is the process of gathering correct information in the correct format at the correct time; and delivering the results for decision-making purposes, or have a positive impact on business operations, tactics, and strategy in the enterprises. This paper is intended as a brief review of BI in an enterprise computing environment, with an emphasis on the algorithms and methods. The review points out the challenges to the broad and deep deployment of business intelligence systems, and provide proposals to make business intelligence more effective.

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This work was partially supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences under the Grant 20040402 (Distinguished Overseas Scholar Grant), Changjiang Scholar Program of the Ministry of Education of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China under the Grant 71132008, and US National Science Foundation under the Grant 1044845.

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Zeng, L., Li, L. & Duan, L. Business intelligence in enterprise computing environment. Inf Technol Manag 13, 297–310 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10799-012-0123-z

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