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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
3099
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
1999
Pagerank
0.00020862475
Overall Rank
527 | 96.34%
DOI
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Rank Cited Paper Year Venue Pagerank
63 Improved Histograms for Selectivity Estimation of Range Predicates 1996 SIGMOD 0.00063595699
92 Practical Selectivity Estimation through Adaptive Sampling 1990 SIGMOD 0.00051431888
114 Equi-Depth Histograms For Estimating Selectivity Factors For Multi-Dimensional Queries 1988 SIGMOD 0.00046317654
141 Selectivity Estimation Without the Attribute Value Independence Assumption 1997 VLDB 0.00041819767
221 Efficient Mid-Query Re-Optimization of Sub-Optimal Query Execution Plans 1998 SIGMOD 0.00033182072
223 Wavelet-Based Histograms for Selectivity Estimation 1998 SIGMOD 0.00032829841
250 Adaptive Selectivity Estimation Using Query Feedback 1994 SIGMOD 0.00030640525
270 Fast Incremental Maintenance of Approximate Histograms 1997 VLDB 0.00029648047
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