Exact and Approximate Aggregation in Constraint Query Languages
Summary: Proves constraint-query languages cannot define exact or approximate aggregation; VC-dimension based approximations are insufficient. Proposes FO+POLY+SUM: SUM over range-restricted queries, computes volumes for linear constraints and (with an ML tweak) probabilistic polynomial-volume approximations. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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Showing 5 of 5 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,771 | Offering a Precision-Performance Tradeoff for Aggregation Queries over Replicated Data | 2000 | VLDB | 0.00010606967 |
| 4,379 | Rectangle-Efficient Aggregation in Spatial Data Streams | 2012 | PODS | 6.2326895e-05 |
| 12,635 | Estimating the Output Cardinality of Partial Preaggregation with a Measure of Clusteredness | 2003 | VLDB | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 12,692 | Linear approximation of planar spatial databases using transitive-closure logic | 2000 | PODS | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 12,695 | Uniform Generation in Spatial Constraint Databases and Applications | 2000 | PODS | 4.1905499e-05 |
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Showing 11 of 11 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Online Aggregation | 1997 | SIGMOD | 0.0010813443 |
| 184 | New Sampling-Based Summary Statistics for Improving Approximate Query Answers | 1998 | SIGMOD | 0.00036655704 |
| 1,738 | Relational Expressive Power of Constraint Query Languages | 1996 | PODS | 0.00010704219 |
| 2,365 | Topological Queries in Spatial Databases | 1996 | PODS | 8.9531668e-05 |
| 2,475 | Querying Aggregate Data | 1999 | PODS | 8.6942707e-05 |
| 2,973 | Variable Independence and Aggregation Closure | 1996 | PODS | 7.7895983e-05 |
| 3,892 | Querying Spatial Databases via Topological Invariants | 1998 | PODS | 6.6540282e-05 |
| 4,343 | Languages for Relational Databases over Interpreted Structures | 1997 | PODS | 6.2665123e-05 |
| 4,366 | An Expressive Language for Linear Spatial Database Queries (extended abstract) | 1998 | PODS | 6.2427716e-05 |
| 4,376 | Safe Constraint Queries | 1998 | PODS | 6.233754e-05 |
| 5,725 | Measuring Infinite Relations (Extended Abstract) | 1995 | PODS | 5.35129e-05 |
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| Overall Rank | Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
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| 12,691 | Fixed-Point Query Languages for Linear Constraint Databases | 2000 | PODS | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 2,105 | Deciding Equivalences among Aggregate Queries | 1998 | PODS | 9.5309231e-05 |
| 3,375 | OLAP over Imprecise Data with Domain Constraints | 2007 | VLDB | 7.1627514e-05 |
| 10,931 | Computing Range Consistent Answers to Aggregation Queries via Rewriting | 2024 | PODS | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 12,692 | Linear approximation of planar spatial databases using transitive-closure logic | 2000 | PODS | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 11,561 | Aggregate Queries on Sparse Databases | 2020 | PODS | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 4,439 | Approximating Predicates and Expressive Queries on Probabilistic Databases | 2008 | PODS | 6.1806955e-05 |
| 2,475 | Querying Aggregate Data | 1999 | PODS | 8.6942707e-05 |
| 8,317 | Towards Practical Constraint Databases (Extended Abstract) | 1996 | PODS | 4.5392079e-05 |
| 2,973 | Variable Independence and Aggregation Closure | 1996 | PODS | 7.7895983e-05 |