Simulation of Database-Valued Markov Chains Using SimSQL
Summary: Introduces SimSQL (extending MCDB) for SQL-based spec, simulation, and querying of database-valued Markov chains. VG functions parametrized by stochastic tables, recursive stochastic tables, and MapReduce, enabling cascading parameterizations for Bayesian ML. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Zhuhua Cai (Rice University)
- 2. Zografoula Vagena (LogicBlox; Rice University)
- 3. Luis Perez (Rice University)
- 4. Subramanian Arumugam (Rice University)
- 5. Peter J. Haas (IBM)
- 6. Christopher Jermaine (Rice University)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{cai_sigmod13,
title = {{Simulation of Database-Valued Markov Chains Using SimSQL}},
author = {Cai, Zhuhua and Vagena, Zografoula and Perez, Luis and Arumugam, Subramanian and Haas, Peter J. and Jermaine, Christopher},
series = {{SIGMOD} '13},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
doi = {10.1145/2463676.2465283},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2463676.2465283},
year = {2013}
}
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