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Sequential Sampling Procedures For Query Size Estimation

Summary: Sequential sampling for estimating query result cardinality with a data-dependent stopping rule. Asymptotically efficient, it needs no pilot sample or prior data, offers finite-sample undercoverage control, and lowers cost via stratified sampling. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
2607
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
1992
Pagerank
0.00025509745
Overall Rank
367 | 97.45%
DOI
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530 Random Sampling for Histogram Construction: How much is enough? 1998 SIGMOD 0.00020803682
553 Bifocal Sampling for Skew-Resistant Join Size Estimation 1996 SIGMOD 0.00020272061
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811 On the Relative Cost of Sampling for Join Selectivity Estimation 1994 PODS 0.00016425612
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2,277 Generating Targeted Queries for Database Testing 2008 SIGMOD 9.1241198e-05
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3,691 Kernel-Based Skyline Cardinality Estimation 2009 SIGMOD 6.8383587e-05
4,031 Approximate Quantiles and the Order of the Stream 2006 PODS 6.5121141e-05
4,253 The Power of Sampling in Knowledge Discovery 1994 PODS 6.323083e-05
4,659 One-Pass Wavelet Synopses for Maximum-Error Metrics 2005 VLDB 6.0160083e-05
4,698 Deterministic Wavelet Thresholding for Maximum-Error Metrics 2004 PODS 5.9887317e-05
5,535 Lightweight Cardinality Estimation in LSM-based Systems 2018 SIGMOD 5.4539235e-05
5,622 Monotonic Cardinality Estimation of Similarity Selection: A Deep Learning Approach 2020 SIGMOD 5.4060403e-05
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7,581 Synopses for Query Optimization: A Space-Complexity Perspective 2004 PODS 4.7057641e-05
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8,474 Adaptive Index Structures 2002 VLDB 4.5029015e-05
9,507 Hierarchically Organized Skew-Tolerant Histograms for Geographic Data Objects 2010 SIGMOD 4.3341665e-05
9,523 Analysis and Application of Adaptive Sampling 2000 PODS 4.331052e-05
10,353 Perfect Sampling in Turnstile Streams Beyond Small Moments 2025 PODS 4.1945683e-05
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39 Statistical Estimators for Relational Algebra Expressions 1988 PODS 0.00074745564
92 Practical Selectivity Estimation through Adaptive Sampling 1990 SIGMOD 0.00051315959
134 Processing Aggregate Relational Queries with Hard Time Constraints 1989 SIGMOD 0.00042452811
315 Error-Constrained COUNT Query Evaluation in Relational Databases 1991 SIGMOD 0.0002802103
357 Random Sampling from B+ trees 1989 VLDB 0.00026020098
688 Estimating the Size of Generalized Transitive Closures 1989 VLDB 0.00018134733
762 Query Size Estimation by Adaptive Sampling (Extended Abstract) 1990 PODS 0.00017036868
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