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Kepler: Robust Learning for Faster Parametric Query Optimization
Summary: Kepler: end-to-end learning-based parametric query optimization that bypasses unreliable cost models. Row Count Evolution perturbs sub-plans; candidates are evaluated by actual executions, and uncertainty-aware ML predicts the fastest plan for PostgreSQL speedups.
(summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
- Paper ID
- 6612
- Venue
- SIGMOD
- Year
- 2023
- Pagerank
- 5.5130233e-05
- Overall Rank
- 5,423 | 62.28%
- DOI
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10.1145/3588963
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