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Cardinality Estimation in DBMS: A Comprehensive Benchmark Evaluation

Summary: Benchmarks ML and classical cardinality estimators in PostgreSQL on a new real-world dataset (STATS) and workload (STATS-CEB) to assess impact on optimizer plan quality. Shows Q-Error inadequate; introduces P-Error, a subplan-weighted metric that better predicts end-to-end optimizer performance. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
12948
Venue
VLDB
Year
2022
Pagerank
0.00011050093
Overall Rank
1,638 | 88.62%
DOI
10.14778/3503585.3503586

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10,884 RankPQO: Learning-to-Rank for Parametric Query Optimization 2025 VLDB 4.1905499e-05
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373 Selectivity Estimation using Probabilistic Models 2001 SIGMOD 0.00025354685
512 STHoles: A Multidimensional Workload-Aware Histogram 2001 SIGMOD 0.00021385343
606 DeepDB: Learn from Data, not from Queries! 2020 VLDB 0.00019251186
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752 Deep Unsupervised Cardinality Estimation 2020 VLDB 0.00017138049
804 An End-to-End Learning-based Cost Estimator 2020 VLDB 0.0001643674
838 Independence is Good: Dependency-Based Histogram Synopses for High-Dimensional Data 2001 SIGMOD 0.00016024923
905 NeuroCard: One Cardinality Estimator for All Tables 2021 VLDB 0.00015423174
941 Wander Join: Online Aggregation via Random Walks 2016 SIGMOD 0.00015147831
995 Approximating Multi-Dimensional Aggregate Range Queries Over Real Attributes 2000 SIGMOD 0.00014745185
1,104 Cardinality Estimation Done Right: Index-Based Join Sampling 2017 CIDR 0.0001398479
1,239 Selectivity Estimation for Range Predicates using Lightweight Models 2019 VLDB 0.00013091459
1,372 Random Sampling over Joins Revisited 2018 SIGMOD 0.0001233325
1,536 Lightweight Graphical Models for Selectivity Estimation Without Independence Assumptions 2011 VLDB 0.00011458359
1,699 Are We Ready For Learned Cardinality Estimation? 2021 VLDB 0.00010848882
2,080 Towards a Learning Optimizer for Shared Clouds 2019 VLDB 9.5954034e-05
2,143 Pessimistic Cardinality Estimation: Tighter Upper Bounds for Intermediate Join Cardinalities 2019 SIGMOD 9.4437798e-05
2,167 Self-Tuning, GPU-Accelerated Kernel Density Models for Multidimensional Selectivity Estimation 2015 SIGMOD 9.3879598e-05
2,364 Deep Learning Models for Selectivity Estimation of Multi-Attribute Queries 2020 SIGMOD 8.955077e-05
2,769 FLAT: Fast, Lightweight and Accurate Method for Cardinality Estimation 2021 VLDB 8.1512848e-05
2,781 Flow-Loss: Learning Cardinality Estimates That Matter 2021 VLDB 8.1282042e-05
2,971 Estimating Join Selectivities using Bandwidth-Optimized Kernel Density Models 2017 VLDB 7.7935535e-05
3,644 G-CARE: A Framework for Performance Benchmarking of Cardinality Estimation Techniques for Subgraph Matching 2020 SIGMOD 6.8842065e-05
3,924 A Unified Deep Model of Learning from both Data and Queries for Cardinality Estimation 2021 SIGMOD 6.6227223e-05
3,943 Exact Cardinality Query Optimization for Optimizer Testing 2009 VLDB 6.6067351e-05
4,352 Astrid: Accurate Selectivity Estimation for String Predicates using Deep Learning 2021 VLDB 6.2542257e-05
5,128 Efficient Join Synopsis Maintenance for Data Warehouse 2020 SIGMOD 5.6728511e-05
5,696 Exact Cardinality Query Optimization with Bounded Execution Cost 2019 SIGMOD 5.367449e-05
6,774 A Unified Transferable Model for ML-Enhanced DBMS 2022 CIDR 4.9253635e-05
8,423 SPRINTER: A Fast n-ary Join Query Processing Method for Complex OLAP Queries 2020 SIGMOD 4.5112315e-05
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