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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
2519
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
1989
Pagerank
0.00014879675
Overall Rank
698 | 95.22%
DOI
10.1145/67544.66961

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BibTeX Citation

@inproceedings{swami_sigmod89,
        title = {{Optimization of Large Join Queries: Combining Heuristics and Combinatorial Techniques}},
        author = {Swami, Arun},
        series = {{SIGMOD} '89},
        booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
        publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
        doi = {10.1145/67544.66961},
        url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/67544.66961},
        year = {1989}
}

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479 Randomized Algorithms For Optimizing Large Join Queries 1990 SIGMOD 0.00017789732
1,104 Least Expected Cost Query Optimization: An Exercise in Utility 1999 PODS 0.00012157634
1,286 Adaptive Optimization of Very Large Join Queries 2018 SIGMOD 0.00011320736
1,720 Using Segmented Right-Deep Trees for the Execution of Pipelined Hash Joins 1992 VLDB 9.9265634e-05
2,104 Optimization of Multi-Way Join Queries for Parallel Execution 1991 VLDB 9.1594086e-05
2,286 Extending the Search Strategy in a Query Optimizer 1991 VLDB 8.8044994e-05
2,582 On the Effectiveness of Optimization Search Strategies for Parallel Execution Spaces 1993 VLDB 8.3875949e-05
2,597 The MemSQL Query Optimizer: A modern optimizer for real-time analytics in a distributed database 2016 VLDB 8.3604418e-05
2,838 Continuous Queries in Oracle 2007 VLDB 8.0685625e-05
2,984 Multiple Join Size Estimation by Virtual Domains (extended abstract) 1993 PODS 7.8920597e-05
2,996 Fast, Randomized Join-Order Selection—Why Use Transformations? 1994 VLDB 7.8745175e-05
3,158 Solving the Join Ordering Problem via Mixed Integer Linear Programming 2017 SIGMOD 7.6888079e-05
3,946 Real-Time Multi-Pattern Detection over Event Streams 2019 SIGMOD 7.0046969e-05
4,044 Partial Join Order Optimization in the ParAccel Analytic Database 2009 SIGMOD 6.9400535e-05
4,588 Join Query Optimization Techniques for Complex Event Processing Applications 2018 VLDB 6.6167545e-05
4,652 On Parallel Execution Of Multiple Pipelined Hash Joins 1994 SIGMOD 6.5851924e-05
5,007 A Decomposition-Based Simulated Annealing Technique for Data Clustering 1994 PODS 6.4032846e-05
5,014 Applying Hash Filters to Improving the Execution of Bushy Trees 1993 VLDB 6.4002123e-05
5,399 Efficient Massively Parallel Join Optimization for Large Queries* 2022 SIGMOD 6.2319315e-05
6,018 Dependency-Aware Reordering for Parallelizing Query Optimization in Multi-Core CPUs 2009 SIGMOD 6.0060585e-05
6,089 Window Query-Optimal Clustering of Spatial Objects 1995 PODS 5.9806097e-05
7,079 Adding Magic to an Optimising Datalog Compiler 2008 SIGMOD 5.7090732e-05
7,103 Efficient Adaptive Detection of Complex Event Patterns 2018 VLDB 5.7023779e-05
7,910 Quantum-Inspired Digital Annealing for Join Ordering 2024 VLDB 5.5181056e-05
8,294 On the Optimality of Strategies for Multiple Joins 1990 PODS 5.4574671e-05
9,446 Parallelizing Query Optimization on Shared-Nothing Architectures 2016 VLDB 5.2667452e-05
9,969 Hybrid Mixed Integer Linear Programming for Large-Scale Join Order Optimisation 2026 VLDB 5.1845938e-05
11,160 Sub-optimal Join Order Identification with L1-error 2024 SIGMOD 5.093636e-05
13,084 Avoiding Cartesian Products in Programs for Multiple Joins (Extended Abstract) 1992 PODS 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
80 Hashing Methods and Relational Algebra Operations 1984 VLDB 0.00036536643
143 Optimization of Nonrecursive Queries 1986 VLDB 0.0002959213
463 Optimization of Large Join Queries 1988 SIGMOD 0.00018064961
839 Query Optimization by Simulated Annealing 1987 SIGMOD 0.00013692785
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