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+Running LSST baseline queries in MonetDB
+========================================
+
+See blog post ... for further details.
+
+You need to have several LSST csv files (with artificial data), 
+which can be requested from the LSST DM team.
+
+MonetDB
+-------
+Run the installation script ``install_monetdb.sh``, 
+start the daemon and create a database instance.
+
+Loading
+-------
+
+The python load script ``load_lsst_data.py`` defines the 
+database schema with table and partition defintions
+and loads the csv files into the database.
+
+Running queries
+---------------
+
+Two shell scripts run the queries in a hot and cold mode
+``hotloop.queries.sh`` and ``coldloop.queries.sh``, resp.
+The averages and standard deviations
+of ten runs are reported in the log files
+
+Plotting results
+----------------
+
+Use the python script ``plot_baselines.py`` to plot a bar chart 
+of the results in comparison with the S15 MySQL results.
+
+More info
+---------
+
+For more info send an e-mail to bscheers at cwi.nl.
+