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Optimizing Star Queries In A Distributed Database System

Summary: Polynomial-time optimal algorithm for star queries in distributed DBs, advancing beyond NP-hard general query optimization by shrinking the semi-join search space. With file-size and selectivity assumptions aligned to the current DB state, S collapses to unity, enabling direct generation of the optimal program; includes a heuristic-vs-optimal comparison. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
7670
Venue
VLDB
Year
1984
Pagerank
4.6900181e-05
Overall Rank
7,619 | 47.05%
DOI
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Rank Citing Paper Year Venue Pagerank
4,674 Scalable Multi-Query Optimization for Exploratory Queries over Federated Scientific Databases 2008 VLDB 6.0000019e-05
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1,308 A Heuristic Approach to Distributed Query Processing 1982 VLDB 0.00012664082
1,345 On the Design of a Query Processing Strategy in a Distributed Database Environment 1983 SIGMOD 0.0001247541
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