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Self-tuning Histograms: Building Histograms Without Looking at Data

Summary: Self-tuning histograms infer distributions from query-execution feedback, not data samples, and refine via range-selectivity observations. Data-size independent, cheaper than multi-dimensional histograms; effective for low–moderate skew, with initialization/refinement techniques and experimental validation. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
3098
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
1999
Pagerank
0.00020828852
Overall Rank
529 | 96.33%
DOI
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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
64 Improved Histograms for Selectivity Estimation of Range Predicates 1996 SIGMOD 0.00063612837
92 Practical Selectivity Estimation through Adaptive Sampling 1990 SIGMOD 0.00051315959
116 Equi-Depth Histograms For Estimating Selectivity Factors For Multi-Dimensional Queries 1988 SIGMOD 0.00046148737
141 Selectivity Estimation Without the Attribute Value Independence Assumption 1997 VLDB 0.00041786333
220 Efficient Mid-Query Re-Optimization of Sub-Optimal Query Execution Plans 1998 SIGMOD 0.00033194808
222 Wavelet-Based Histograms for Selectivity Estimation 1998 SIGMOD 0.00032828302
252 Adaptive Selectivity Estimation Using Query Feedback 1994 SIGMOD 0.00030632263
269 Fast Incremental Maintenance of Approximate Histograms 1997 VLDB 0.00029656549
275 Approximate Medians and other Quantiles in One Pass and with Limited Memory 1998 SIGMOD 0.00029364901
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