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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
2357
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
1986
Pagerank
0.00019287574
Overall Rank
396 | 97.29%
DOI
10.1145/16894.16863

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BibTeX Citation

@inproceedings{mackert_sigmod86,
        title = {{R* Optimizer Validation and Performance Evaluation for Local Queries}},
        author = {Mackert, Lothar F. and Lohman, Guy M.},
        series = {{SIGMOD} '86},
        booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
        publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
        doi = {10.1145/16894.16863},
        url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/16894.16863},
        year = {1986}
}

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18 How Good Are Query Optimizers, Really? 2016 VLDB 0.00059284255
89 On the Propagation of Errors in the Size of Join Results 1991 SIGMOD 0.00035031529
95 Of Nests and Trees: A Unified Approach to Processing Queries That Contain Nested Subqueries, Aggregates, and Quantifiers 1987 VLDB 0.00034607909
290 An Overview of Query Optimization in Relational Systems 1998 PODS 0.0002227038
342 R* Optimizer Validation and Performance Evaluation for Distributed Queries 1986 VLDB 0.00020673706
474 Dynamic Query Evaluation Plans 1989 SIGMOD 0.00017894953
770 Parametric Query Optimization 1992 VLDB 0.00014166811
839 Query Optimization by Simulated Annealing 1987 SIGMOD 0.00013692785
2,070 A Performance Evaluation of Pointer-Based Joins 1990 SIGMOD 9.2277271e-05
2,944 Query Optimizers: Time to Rethink the Contract? 2009 SIGMOD 7.9335187e-05
3,506 Identifying Robust Plans through Plan Diagram Reduction 2008 VLDB 7.3581509e-05
3,977 Event-Join Optimization in Temporal Relational Databases 1989 VLDB 6.9776413e-05
4,197 Buffer Pool Aware Query Optimization 2005 CIDR 6.8406917e-05
4,616 On the Production of Anorexic Plan Diagrams 2007 VLDB 6.6048588e-05
5,046 Toward Practical Constraint Databases 1993 VLDB 6.3879316e-05
5,459 Bloom Histogram: Path Selectivity Estimation for XML Data with Updates 2004 VLDB 6.2108888e-05
5,662 Network-Aware Query Processing for Stream-based Applications 2004 VLDB 6.129927e-05
6,593 Simple Adaptive Query Processing vs. Learned Query Optimizers: Observations and Analysis 2023 VLDB 5.8297039e-05
7,109 An Observation on Database Buffering Performance Metrics 1986 VLDB 5.7004478e-05
7,660 Pruning in Snowflake: Working Smarter, Not Harder 2025 SIGMOD 5.5736132e-05
7,967 Thrifty Query Execution via Incrementability 2020 SIGMOD 5.5169373e-05
8,074 Parachute: Single-Pass Bi-Directional Information Passing 2025 VLDB 5.4929961e-05
8,122 A Formal Model of Trade-off between Optimization and Execution Costs in Semantic Query Optimization 1988 VLDB 5.4831648e-05
9,279 Including Bloom Filters in Bottom-up Optimization 2025 SIGMOD 5.2934632e-05
13,187 An Analytical Method for Estimating and Interpreting Query Time 1987 VLDB 5.093636e-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 0.0024089429
7 Implementation Techniques For Main Memory Database Systems 1984 SIGMOD 0.00083340894
59 Differential Files: Their Application To The Maintenance Of Large Data Bases 1976 SIGMOD 0.00040060625
80 Hashing Methods and Relational Algebra Operations 1984 VLDB 0.00036536643
135 An Evaluation of Buffer Management Strategies for Relational Database Systems 1985 VLDB 0.00030209257
152 Multiprocessor Hash-Based Join Algorithms 1985 VLDB 0.00029038365
342 R* Optimizer Validation and Performance Evaluation for Distributed Queries 1986 VLDB 0.00020673706
386 Distributed Query Processing In A Relational Data Base System 1978 SIGMOD 0.00019451022
609 A Mechanism for Managing the Buffer Pool in a Relational Database System Using the Hot Set Model 1982 VLDB 0.00015792907
1,650 Some Experimental Results on Distributed Join Algorithms in a Local Network 1985 VLDB 0.00010115373
1,651 On the Design of a Query Processing Strategy in a Distributed Database Environment 1983 SIGMOD 0.00010110141
1,772 A Heuristic Approach to Distributed Query Processing 1982 VLDB 9.792162e-05
2,263 Optimization of Nested Queries in a Distributed Relational Database 1984 VLDB 8.8440084e-05
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