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Optimization of Large Join Queries: Combining Heuristics and Combinatorial Techniques

Summary: Large-join optimization via hybrids of augmentation and local-improvement heuristics, paired with iterative improvement and simulated annealing. Systematic experiments under two cost models and multiple synthetic benchmarks identify augmentation+iterative improvement as the strongest combination in most scenarios. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
2457
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
1989
Pagerank
0.00016675823
Overall Rank
784 | 94.55%
DOI
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399 Randomized Algorithms For Optimizing Large Join Queries 1990 SIGMOD 0.00024315433
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2,597 Continuous Queries in Oracle 2007 VLDB 8.4713998e-05
2,765 On the Effectiveness of Optimization Search Strategies for Parallel Execution Spaces 1993 VLDB 8.1572726e-05
3,048 Fast, Randomized Join-Order Selection — Why Use Transformations? 1994 VLDB 7.6543116e-05
3,053 Multiple Join Size Estimation by Virtual Domains (extended abstract) 1993 PODS 7.64969e-05
3,154 The MemSQL Query Optimizer: A modern optimizer for real-time analytics in a distributed database 2016 VLDB 7.4686089e-05
3,474 Solving the Join Ordering Problem via Mixed Integer Linear Programming 2017 SIGMOD 7.0625972e-05
4,001 Partial Join Order Optimization in the ParAccel Analytic Database 2009 SIGMOD 6.5463503e-05
4,404 A Decomposition-Based Simulated Annealing Technique for Data Clustering 1994 PODS 6.2167147e-05
4,457 Real-Time Multi-Pattern Detection over Event Streams 2019 SIGMOD 6.1702339e-05
4,781 On Parallel Execution Of Multiple Pipelined Hash Joins 1994 SIGMOD 5.9261504e-05
5,097 Join Query Optimization Techniques for Complex Event Processing Applications 2018 VLDB 5.7011496e-05
5,300 Applying Hash Filters To Improving The Execution Of Bushy Trees 1993 VLDB 5.5793265e-05
6,056 Efficient Massively Parallel Join Optimization for Large Queries* 2022 SIGMOD 5.2321475e-05
6,076 Window Query-Optimal Clustering of Spatial Objects 1995 PODS 5.223696e-05
6,334 Dependency-Aware Reordering for Parallelizing Query Optimization in Multi-Core CPUs 2009 SIGMOD 5.1058462e-05
6,957 Adding Magic to an Optimising Datalog Compiler 2008 SIGMOD 4.8859842e-05
7,318 Efficient Adaptive Detection of Complex Event Patterns 2018 VLDB 4.7638874e-05
7,486 Quantum-Inspired Digital Annealing for Join Ordering 2024 VLDB 4.7180617e-05
7,976 On the Optimality of Strategies for Multiple Joins 1990 PODS 4.613363e-05
9,305 Parallelizing Query Optimization on Shared-Nothing Architectures 2016 VLDB 4.3577129e-05
10,283 Hybrid Mixed Integer Linear Programming for Large-Scale Join Order Optimisation 2026 VLDB 4.1945683e-05
10,942 Sub-optimal Join Order Identification with L1-error 2024 SIGMOD 4.1945683e-05
12,890 Avoiding Cartesian Products in Programs for Multiple Joins (Extended Abstract) 1992 PODS 4.1945683e-05
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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
143 Optimization of Nonrecursive Queries 1986 VLDB 0.00041510555
387 Optimization of Large Join Queries 1988 SIGMOD 0.0002471967
566 Query Optimization by Simulated Annealing 1987 SIGMOD 0.00019970535
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