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Measuring the Complexity of Join Enumeration in Query Optimization

Summary: Analyzes Starburst’s parameterized join enumeration, quantifying search-space complexity with composite inner operands and Cartesian joins. Derives and validates shape-dependent counts, showing linear join queries remain polynomial—and optimizable at 100-table scale. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)

Paper ID
8144
Venue
VLDB
Year
1990
Pagerank
0.0002141607
Overall Rank
316 | 97.84%
DOI
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BibTeX Citation

@article{ono_vldb90,
        title = {{Measuring the Complexity of Join Enumeration in Query Optimization}},
        author = {Ono, Kiyoshi and Lehman, Guy M.},
        journal = {PVLDB},
        series = {{VLDB} '90},
        pages = {314},
        year = {1990}
}

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