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On the Propagation of Errors in the Size of Join Results

Summary: Formal framework for how errors in statistics propagate to join size estimates and optimizer plans. Analyzes general, extreme, and average-case propagation; derives guarantees for statistics-driven plans; outlines strategies to control error growth. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
2536
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
1991
Pagerank
0.00034732081
Overall Rank
98 | 99.33%
DOI
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150 Efficient Mid-Query Re-Optimization of Sub-Optimal Query Execution Plans 1998 SIGMOD 0.00029370827
221 Adaptive Selectivity Estimation Using Query Feedback 1994 SIGMOD 0.00024405057
234 Fast Incremental Maintenance of Approximate Histograms 1997 VLDB 0.00024050031
256 The History of Histograms (abridged) 2003 VLDB 0.00023353808
277 Balancing Histogram Optimality and Practicality for Query Result Size Estimation 1995 SIGMOD 0.00022592757
283 Optimization of Dynamic Query Evaluation Plans 1994 SIGMOD 0.0002252564
364 Approximate Query Processing: Taming the TeraBytes! A Tutorial 2001 VLDB 0.00020183267
387 Preventing Bad Plans by Bounding the Impact of Cardinality Estimation Errors 2009 VLDB 0.00019538003
442 Worst-case Optimal Join Algorithms 2012 PODS 0.00018404579
491 Robust Query Processing through Progressive Optimization 2004 SIGMOD 0.00017645668
567 Towards a Robust Query Optimizer: A Principled and Practical Approach 2005 SIGMOD 0.00016486291
702 Cardinality Estimation Done Right: Index-Based Join Sampling 2017 CIDR 0.00014941084
828 Proactive Re-Optimization 2005 SIGMOD 0.00013826991
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3,485 Lazy, Adaptive RID-List Intersection, and Its Application to Index Anding 2007 SIGMOD 7.4508012e-05
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Rank Cited Paper Year Venue Pagerank
340 R* Optimizer Validation and Performance Evaluation for Distributed Queries 1986 VLDB 0.00020835698
395 R* Optimizer Validation and Performance Evaluation for Local Queries 1986 SIGMOD 0.00019377004
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