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Self-tuning Database Technology and Information Services: from Wishful Thinking to Viable Engineering
Summary: Self-tuning DB tech grounded in feedback control loops, supported by mathematical models and engineered components. Advocates radical componentization with narrow interfaces among autonomic, RISC-style components to enable scalable, higher-level E-services.
(summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
- Paper ID
- 8831
- Venue
- VLDB
- Year
- 2002
- Pagerank
- 0.00015987128
- Overall Rank
- 841 | 94.16%
- DOI
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| 4,587 |
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