ExRank: An Exploratory Ranking Interface
Summary: ExRank uses a kNN graph and PageRank to guide attribute exploration and show how choices shape distributions. Solves empty results by surfacing similar items; handles large result sets by ranking; demo covers architecture, rationale, and scenarios. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time
Authors
- 1. Ramon Bespinyowong (National University of Singapore)
- 2. Wei Chen (Zhejiang University)
- 3. H. V. Jagadish (University of Michigan)
- 4. Yuxin Ma (Zhejiang University)
BibTeX Citation
@article{bespinyowong_vldb16,
title = {{ExRank: An Exploratory Ranking Interface}},
author = {Bespinyowong, Ramon and Chen, Wei and Jagadish, H. V. and Ma, Yuxin},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '16},
volume = {9},
number = {13},
pages = {1529--1532},
doi = {10.14778/3007263.3007270},
url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/3007263.3007270},
year = {2016}
}Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
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| 8,184 | FEDEX: An Explainability Framework for Data Exploration Steps | 2022 | VLDB | 5.4709725e-05 |
| 8,888 | TabEE: Tabular Embeddings Explanations | 2024 | SIGMOD | 5.3512451e-05 |
| 10,679 | SHARQ: Explainability Framework for Association Rules on Relational Data | 2025 | SIGMOD | 5.093636e-05 |
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