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Equi-Depth Histograms For Estimating Selectivity Factors For Multi-Dimensional Queries

Summary: Equi-depth multi-dimensional histograms for estimating selectivity of multi-attribute queries. Proposes a practical two-dimensional algorithm extendable to higher dimensions, a compact in-memory histogram structure, two estimation schemes, and a low-cost sampling method; experiments confirm accuracy and efficiency gains. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
2435
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
1988
Pagerank
0.00031922279
Overall Rank
118 | 99.20%
DOI
10.1145/50202.50205

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BibTeX Citation

@inproceedings{muralikrishna_sigmod88,
        title = {{Equi-Depth Histograms For Estimating Selectivity Factors For Multi-Dimensional Queries}},
        author = {Muralikrishna, M. and DeWitt, David J.},
        series = {{SIGMOD} '88},
        booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
        publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
        doi = {10.1145/50202.50205},
        url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/50202.50205},
        year = {1988}
}

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35 Improved Histograms for Selectivity Estimation of Range Predicates 1996 SIGMOD 0.00048481081
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257 The History of Histograms (abridged) 2003 VLDB 0.00023154793
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290 An Overview of Query Optimization in Relational Systems 1998 PODS 0.0002227038
363 Approximate Query Processing: Taming the TeraBytes! A Tutorial 2001 VLDB 0.0002005475
365 STHoles: A Multidimensional Workload-Aware Histogram 2001 SIGMOD 0.00020041735
448 Self-tuning Histograms: Building Histograms Without Looking at Data 1999 SIGMOD 0.00018292618
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3,070 Accurate Summary-based Cardinality Estimation Through the Lens of Cardinality Estimation Graphs 2022 VLDB 7.7900444e-05
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4,889 Fast Algorithms For Hierarchical Range Histogram Construction 2002 PODS 6.4600939e-05
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6,053 Modeling skewed distributions using multifractals and the '80-20 law' 1996 VLDB 5.9939282e-05
7,177 Distributed Top-N Query Processing with Possibly Uncooperative Local Systems 2003 VLDB 5.6806091e-05
7,388 Synopses for Query Optimization: A Space-Complexity Perspective 2004 PODS 5.6268292e-05
9,209 Optimality and Scalability in Lattice Histogram Construction 2009 VLDB 5.3058708e-05
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Rank Cited Paper Year Venue Pagerank
1 Access Path Selection in a Relational Database Management System 1979 SIGMOD 0.0024089429
2 R-Trees: A Dynamic Index Structure For Spatial Searching 1984 SIGMOD 0.0020210012
8 The K-D-B-Tree: A Search Structure for Large Multidimensional Dynamic Indexes 1981 SIGMOD 0.00082404462
36 Accurate Estimation Of The Number Of Tuples Satisfying A Condition 1984 SIGMOD 0.00048351457
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