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Adaptive Selectivity Estimation Using Query Feedback

Summary: Adaptive selectivity estimation via query feedback using curve-fitting to approximate the real value distribution. No extra database access for statistics; continuous adaptation through queries and updates; accuracy comparable to traditional statistics-based methods. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
2785
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
1994
Pagerank
0.00024193708
Overall Rank
222 | 98.48%
DOI
10.1145/191839.191874

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Authors

BibTeX Citation

@inproceedings{chen_sigmod94,
        title = {{Adaptive Selectivity Estimation Using Query Feedback}},
        author = {Chen, Chungmin Melvin and Roussopoulos, Nick},
        series = {{SIGMOD} '94},
        booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
        publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
        doi = {10.1145/191839.191874},
        url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/191839.191874},
        year = {1994}
}

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35 Improved Histograms for Selectivity Estimation of Range Predicates 1996 SIGMOD 0.00048481081
100 LEO - DB2's LEarning Optimizer 2001 VLDB 0.00034385207
136 Join Synopses for Approximate Query Answering 1999 SIGMOD 0.00030123303
257 The History of Histograms (abridged) 2003 VLDB 0.00023154793
274 Balancing Histogram Optimality and Practicality for Query Result Size Estimation 1995 SIGMOD 0.00022645621
363 Approximate Query Processing: Taming the TeraBytes! A Tutorial 2001 VLDB 0.0002005475
365 STHoles: A Multidimensional Workload-Aware Histogram 2001 SIGMOD 0.00020041735
381 Query Caching and Optimization in Distributed Mediator Systems 1996 SIGMOD 0.00019549294
401 Deep Unsupervised Cardinality Estimation 2020 VLDB 0.00019092557
435 Histogram-Based Approximation of Set-Valued Query Answers 1999 VLDB 0.000185063
448 Self-tuning Histograms: Building Histograms Without Looking at Data 1999 SIGMOD 0.00018292618
566 Towards a Robust Query Optimizer: A Principled and Practical Approach 2005 SIGMOD 0.00016436005
697 Selectivity Estimation for Range Predicates using Lightweight Models 2019 VLDB 0.00014888851
952 Recovering Information from Summary Data 1997 VLDB 0.00013010681
1,053 Multi-dimensional Selectivity Estimation Using Compressed Histogram Information 1999 SIGMOD 0.00012401532
1,061 Are We Ready For Learned Cardinality Estimation? 2021 VLDB 0.00012369764
1,126 Adaptive Range Filters for Cold Data: Avoiding Trips to Siberia 2013 VLDB 0.00012078607
1,170 QuickSel: Quick Selectivity Learning with Mixture Models 2020 SIGMOD 0.00011827259
1,279 AI Meets AI: Leveraging Query Executions to Improve Index Recommendations 2019 SIGMOD 0.00011361878
1,729 Combining Histograms and Parametric Curve Fitting for Feedback-Driven Query Result-Size Estimation 1999 VLDB 9.908788e-05
2,121 SASH: A Self-Adaptive Histogram Set for Dynamically Changing Workloads 2003 VLDB 9.1402718e-05
2,127 Selectivity Estimation in Spatial Databases 1999 SIGMOD 9.127762e-05
2,157 A Black-Box Approach to Query Cardinality Estimation 2007 CIDR 9.0625592e-05
2,281 Selectivity Estimation in Extensible Databases - A Neural Network Approach 1998 VLDB 8.8129279e-05
2,997 Adapting to Source Properties in Processing Data Integration Queries 2004 SIGMOD 7.8745158e-05
3,051 Towards a Hands-Free Query Optimizer through Deep Learning 2019 CIDR 7.8121919e-05
3,426 Exact Cardinality Query Optimization for Optimizer Testing 2009 VLDB 7.4218997e-05
4,444 Xplus: A SQL-Tuning-Aware Query Optimizer 2010 VLDB 6.6999439e-05
4,790 A Characterization of the Sensitivity of Query Optimization to Storage Access Cost Parameters 2003 SIGMOD 6.5068083e-05
4,846 A Comparison of Selectivity Estimators for Range Queries on Metric Attributes 1999 SIGMOD 6.4807645e-05
5,365 A Pay-As-You-Go Framework for Query Execution Feedback 2008 VLDB 6.2462467e-05
6,138 Operator and Query Progress Estimation in Microsoft SQL Server Live Query Statistics 2016 SIGMOD 5.9640712e-05
6,593 Simple Adaptive Query Processing vs. Learned Query Optimizers: Observations and Analysis 2023 VLDB 5.8297039e-05
7,554 Consistent Histograms In The Presence of Distinct Value Counts 2009 VLDB 5.6001388e-05
7,655 Plan Stitch: Harnessing the Best of Many Plans 2018 VLDB 5.5741093e-05
7,891 Adaptive Optimizations of Recursive Queries in Teradata 2012 SIGMOD 5.5211516e-05
8,494 POLAR: Adaptive and Non-invasive Join Order Selection via Plans of Least Resistance 2024 VLDB 5.4142129e-05
8,689 Adaptive Index Structures 2002 VLDB 5.3843737e-05
9,958 A Practical Theory of Generalization in Selectivity Learning 2025 VLDB 5.1879626e-05
10,875 Data-Agnostic Cardinality Learning from Imperfect Workloads 2025 VLDB 5.093636e-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
36 Accurate Estimation Of The Number Of Tuples Satisfying A Condition 1984 SIGMOD 0.00048351457
55 Statistical Estimators for Relational Algebra Expressions 1988 PODS 0.00040746149
76 Practical Selectivity Estimation through Adaptive Sampling 1990 SIGMOD 0.00037054261
89 On the Propagation of Errors in the Size of Join Results 1991 SIGMOD 0.00035031529
118 Equi-Depth Histograms For Estimating Selectivity Factors For Multi-Dimensional Queries 1988 SIGMOD 0.00031922279
339 Sequential Sampling Procedures For Query Size Estimation 1992 SIGMOD 0.00020723773
417 Estimating Block Transfers and Join Sizes 1983 SIGMOD 0.00018819871
786 Universality of Serial Histograms 1993 VLDB 0.00014053885
934 Selectivity Estimation and Query Optimization in Large Databases with Highly Skewed Distributions of Column Values 1988 VLDB 0.00013108714
1,172 An Instant and Accurate Size Estimation Method for Joins and Selection in a Retrieval-Intensive Environment 1993 SIGMOD 0.00011825923
1,183 An Analytic Approach to Statistical Databases 1983 VLDB 0.00011778053
1,614 A Model of Data Distribution Based on Texture Analysis 1985 SIGMOD 0.00010215186
3,280 Database Evaluation Using Multiple Regression Techniques 1984 SIGMOD 7.5709479e-05
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