Why Rose Is Fast: Five Optimizations In The Design Of An Experimental Database System For Cad/Cam Applications

Summary: ROSE, an experimental CAD/CAM DB, uses an extended relational model and algebra, with OS services powering core DB functions. Five optimizations that drive speed for CAD/CAM workloads, focusing on architectural choices and execution strategies unique to ROSE. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 2413
Venue: SIGMOD
Year: 1987
Pagerank: 5.093636e-05
Overall Rank: 13,178 | 9.59%
DOI: 10.1145/38713.38746

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Authors

1. Martin Hardwick (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

BibTeX Citation

@inproceedings{hardwick_sigmod87,
        title = {{WHY ROSE IS FAST: FIVE OPTIMIZATIONS IN THE DESIGN OF AN EXPERIMENTAL DATABASE SYSTEM FOR CAD/CAM APPLICATIONS}},
        author = {Hardwick, Martin},
        series = {{SIGMOD} '87},
        booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
        publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
        doi = {10.1145/38713.38746},
        url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/38713.38746},
        year = {1987}
}

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Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
346	A DBMS Prototype to Support Extended NF2 Relations: An Integrated View on Flat Tables and Hierarchies	1986	SIGMOD	0.00020654241
2,011	An Extensible Object-Oriented Approach to Databases for VLSI/CAD	1985	VLDB	9.3080548e-05

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