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R* Optimizer Validation and Performance Evaluation for Local Queries

Summary: Validates the R* optimizer against performance in a System R–based DBMS, via SQL-cost logging for tests of single-table, sorts, and local 2-table joins. Shows CPU cost dominates; highlights buffer effects, statistics, prefetching, and Bloom filters to improve performance. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
2295
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
1986
Pagerank
0.00029662304
Overall Rank
268 | 98.14%
DOI
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71 How Good Are Query Optimizers, Really? 2016 VLDB 0.00059038975
99 On the Propagation of Errors in the Size of Join Results 1991 SIGMOD 0.00050022914
100 Of Nests and Trees: A Unified Approach to Processing Queries That Contain Nested Subqueries, Aggregates, and Quantifiers 1987 VLDB 0.00049624696
196 R* Optimizer Validation and Performance Evaluation for Distributed Queries 1986 VLDB 0.00035261496
454 An Overview of Query Optimization in Relational Systems 1998 PODS 0.00022734812
508 Dynamic Query Evaluation Plans 1989 SIGMOD 0.00021463742
566 Query Optimization by Simulated Annealing 1987 SIGMOD 0.00019970535
876 Parametric Query Optimization 1992 VLDB 0.00015716096
2,105 A Performance Evaluation of Pointer-Based Joins 1990 SIGMOD 9.5347454e-05
3,408 Query Optimizers: Time to Rethink the Contract? 2009 SIGMOD 7.1288167e-05
3,998 Event-Join Optimization in Temporal Relational Databases 1989 VLDB 6.5472662e-05
4,348 Identifying Robust Plans through Plan Diagram Reduction 2008 VLDB 6.2660237e-05
4,358 Buffer Pool Aware Query Optimization 2005 CIDR 6.2571485e-05
4,793 Toward Practical Constraint Databases 1993 VLDB 5.9164359e-05
5,466 On the Production of Anorexic Plan Diagrams 2007 VLDB 5.4909203e-05
5,547 Network-Aware Query Processing for Stream-based Applications 2004 VLDB 5.4457955e-05
5,632 Bloom Histogram: Path Selectivity Estimation for XML Data with Updates 2004 VLDB 5.4014372e-05
6,346 An Observation on Database Buffering Performance Metrics 1986 VLDB 5.1019935e-05
7,011 Simple Adaptive Query Processing vs. Learned Query Optimizers: Observations and Analysis 2023 VLDB 4.8629458e-05
7,835 A Formal Model of Trade-off between Optimization and Execution Costs in Semantic Query Optimization 1988 VLDB 4.63813e-05
8,047 Thrifty Query Execution via Incrementability 2020 SIGMOD 4.5983505e-05
8,415 Pruning in Snowflake: Working Smarter, Not Harder 2025 SIGMOD 4.5197687e-05
8,718 Parachute: Single-Pass Bi-Directional Information Passing 2025 VLDB 4.4612599e-05
9,189 Including Bloom Filters in Bottom-up Optimization 2025 SIGMOD 4.3769978e-05
12,989 An Analytical Method for Estimating and Interpreting Query Time 1987 VLDB 4.1945683e-05
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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
1 Access Path Selection in a Relational Database Management System 1979 SIGMOD 0.0040449103
9 Implementation Techniques For Main Memory Database Systems 1984 SIGMOD 0.0014279444
30 Hashing Methods and Relational Algebra Operations 1984 VLDB 0.00078672446
32 Differential Files: Their Application To The Maintenance Of Large Data Bases 1976 SIGMOD 0.00077486306
78 Multiprocessor Hash-Based Join Algorithms 1985 VLDB 0.00056413752
128 An Evaluation of Buffer Management Strategies for Relational Database Systems 1985 VLDB 0.00044535268
196 R* Optimizer Validation and Performance Evaluation for Distributed Queries 1986 VLDB 0.00035261496
295 A Mechanism For Managing The Buffer Pool In A Relational Database System Using The Hot Set Model 1982 VLDB 0.00028659737
317 Distributed Query Processing In A Relational Data Base System 1978 SIGMOD 0.00027980992
1,278 Some Experimental Results on Distributed Join Algorithms in a Local Network 1985 VLDB 0.00012868969
1,318 A Heuristic Approach to Distributed Query Processing 1982 VLDB 0.00012624059
1,342 On the Design of a Query Processing Strategy in a Distributed Database Environment 1983 SIGMOD 0.00012483694
2,775 Optimization of Nested Queries in a Distributed Relational Database 1984 VLDB 8.1334572e-05
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