Regret-Minimizing Representative Databases

Summary: Introduces k-regret queries: selecting k tuples without eliciting utility functions, while minimizing worst-case regret relative to the full database. For linear utilities, proves database-size-independent bounds and gives practical linear-time, skyline-based algorithms. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)

Paper ID: 10345
Venue: VLDB
Year: 2010
Pagerank: 0.0001230281
Overall Rank: 1,072 | 92.65%
DOI: 10.14778/1920841.1920983

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Authors

1. Danupon Nanongkai (Georgia Institute of Technology)
2. Atish Das Sarma (Georgia Institute of Technology)
3. Ashwin Lall (Georgia Institute of Technology)
4. Richard J. Lipton (Georgia Institute of Technology)
5. Jun Xu (Georgia Institute of Technology)

BibTeX Citation

@article{nanongkai_vldb10,
        title = {{Regret-Minimizing Representative Databases}},
        author = {Nanongkai, Danupon and Sarma, Atish Das and Lall, Ashwin and Lipton, Richard J. and Xu, Jun},
        journal = {PVLDB},
        series = {{VLDB} '10},
        volume = {3},
        number = {1},
        pages = {1114--1125},
        doi = {10.14778/1920841.1920983},
        url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/1920841.1920983},
        year = {2010}
}

Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

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1,597	Designing Fair Ranking Schemes	2019	SIGMOD	0.00010246472
2,063	Computing k-Regret Minimizing Sets	2014	VLDB	9.2399169e-05
2,491	Interactive Regret Minimization	2012	SIGMOD	8.5086491e-05
4,727	Efficient Computation of Regret-ratio Minimizing Set: A Compact Maxima Representative	2017	SIGMOD	6.5362946e-05
4,939	Efficient k-Regret Query Algorithm with Restriction-free Bound for any Dimensionality	2018	SIGMOD	6.4336325e-05
5,465	On Obtaining Stable Rankings	2019	VLDB	6.2075408e-05
5,654	k-Regret Queries with Nonlinear Utilities	2015	VLDB	6.1330869e-05
5,944	k-Hit Query: Top-k Query with Probabilistic Utility Function	2015	SIGMOD	6.0328749e-05
6,052	Exact Processing of Uncertain Top-k Queries in Multi-criteria Settings	2018	VLDB	5.9941393e-05
6,592	RRR: Rank-Regret Representative	2019	SIGMOD	5.830041e-05
6,636	Marrying Top-k with Skyline Queries: Relaxing the Preference Input while Producing Output of Controllable Size	2021	SIGMOD	5.8172769e-05
6,786	A Unified Optimization Algorithm For Solving “Regret-Minimizing Representative” Problems	2020	VLDB	5.7740702e-05
6,886	Minimizing Average Regret Ratio in Database	2016	SIGMOD	5.7460174e-05
7,305	Strongly Truthful Interactive Regret Minimization	2019	SIGMOD	5.6501646e-05
7,512	FindYourFavorite: An Interactive System for Finding the User's Favorite Tuple in the Database	2019	SIGMOD	5.6029996e-05
8,701	Data Driven Approximation with Bounded Resources	2017	VLDB	5.3828806e-05
8,825	Creating Top Ranking Options in the Continuous Option and Preference Space	2019	VLDB	5.3616725e-05
9,393	Happiness Maximizing Sets under Group Fairness Constraints	2023	VLDB	5.2755515e-05
9,899	Minimum Coresets for Maxima Representation of Multidimensional Data	2021	PODS	5.1997534e-05
9,900	On m-Impact Regions and Standing Top-k Influence Problems	2021	SIGMOD	5.1997534e-05
9,901	Interactive Search for One of the Top-k	2021	SIGMOD	5.1997534e-05
10,511	On Fair Epsilon Net and Geometric Hitting Set	2026	VLDB	5.093636e-05
11,199	Directional Queries: Making Top-k Queries More Effective in Discovering Relevant Results	2024	SIGMOD	5.093636e-05
11,250	Robust Best Point Selection under Unreliable User Feedback	2024	VLDB	5.093636e-05
11,397	rkHit: Representative Query with Uncertain Preference	2023	SIGMOD	5.093636e-05
11,576	Interactive Mining with Ordered and Unordered Attributes	2022	VLDB	5.093636e-05

Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
333	The Onion Technique: Indexing for Linear Optimization Queries	2000	SIGMOD	0.0002089582
407	PREFER: A System for the Efficient Execution of Multiparametric Ranked Queries	2001	SIGMOD	0.00019021441
792	Finding k-Dominant Skylines in High Dimensional Space	2006	SIGMOD	0.00013979615
1,938	Discovering Relative Importance of Skyline Attributes	2009	VLDB	9.4514785e-05

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