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Selectivity Estimation using Probabilistic Models

Summary: Probabilistic Relational Models (PRMs) model attribute distributions across tables and joins to estimate selectivity. Efficient DB-driven construction enables a unified select-join framework, delivering accurate, compact estimates for broad query families. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
3291
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
2001
Pagerank
0.00025354779
Overall Rank
372 | 97.42%
DOI
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Rank Cited Paper Year Venue Pagerank
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
211 Join Synopses for Approximate Query Answering 1999 SIGMOD 0.00033981214
222 Wavelet-Based Histograms for Selectivity Estimation 1998 SIGMOD 0.00032828302
273 Approximate Computation of Multidimensional Aggregates of Sparse Data Using Wavelets 1999 SIGMOD 0.00029390945
405 Approximate Query Processing Using Wavelets 2000 VLDB 0.00024057494
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