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The History of Histograms (abridged)

Summary: History of histograms across science and industry compressed into a fixed-space abridgment, preserving key events, results, and ideas with emphasis on milestones. Experiments show the compressed history retains a small semantic distance to the full history. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
8961
Venue
VLDB
Year
2003
Pagerank
0.00027398081
Overall Rank
325 | 97.75%
DOI
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Rank Citing Paper Year Venue Pagerank
71 How Good Are Query Optimizers, Really? 2016 VLDB 0.00059446482
323 Order Preserving Encryption for Numeric Data 2004 SIGMOD 0.00027496167
503 Worst-case Optimal Join Algorithms 2012 PODS 0.00021517145
627 Preventing Bad Plans by Bounding the Impact of Cardinality Estimation Errors 2009 VLDB 0.00018959896
680 Towards a Robust Query Optimizer: A Principled and Practical Approach 2005 SIGMOD 0.00018193263
686 Pay-as-you-go User Feedback for Dataspace Systems 2008 SIGMOD 0.00018107664
737 On Synopses for Distinct-Value Estimation Under Multiset Operations 2007 SIGMOD 0.00017377393
804 An End-to-End Learning-based Cost Estimator 2020 VLDB 0.0001643674
1,039 Weighted Hypertree Decompositions and Optimal Query Plans 2004 PODS 0.00014488271
1,468 Adaptive Range Filters for Cold Data: Avoiding Trips to Siberia 2013 VLDB 0.00011831457
1,536 Lightweight Graphical Models for Selectivity Estimation Without Independence Assumptions 2011 VLDB 0.00011458359
1,756 Sampling-Based Query Re-Optimization 2016 SIGMOD 0.00010659753
1,805 Top-k Query Evaluation with Probabilistic Guarantees 2004 VLDB 0.00010479371
2,014 IO-Top-k: Index-access Optimized Top-k Query Processing 2006 VLDB 9.7982231e-05
2,167 Self-Tuning, GPU-Accelerated Kernel Density Models for Multidimensional Selectivity Estimation 2015 SIGMOD 9.3879598e-05
2,280 Generating Targeted Queries for Database Testing 2008 SIGMOD 9.1247368e-05
2,364 Deep Learning Models for Selectivity Estimation of Multi-Attribute Queries 2020 SIGMOD 8.955077e-05
2,442 Brighthouse: An Analytic Data Warehouse for Ad-hoc Queries 2008 VLDB 8.8067249e-05
2,551 GORDIAN: Efficient and Scalable Discovery of Composite Keys 2006 VLDB 8.5553153e-05
3,402 Query Optimizers: Time to Rethink the Contract? 2009 SIGMOD 7.134261e-05
3,455 Learned Cardinality Estimation: A Design Space Exploration and A Comparative Evaluation 2022 VLDB 7.0760196e-05
3,610 EVA: A Symbolic Approach to Accelerating Exploratory Video Analytics with Materialized Views 2022 SIGMOD 6.919859e-05
3,827 Correlation Sketches for Approximate Join-Correlation Queries 2021 SIGMOD 6.7195959e-05
3,943 Exact Cardinality Query Optimization for Optimizer Testing 2009 VLDB 6.6067351e-05
3,992 FactorJoin: A New Cardinality Estimation Framework for Join Queries 2023 SIGMOD 6.5519369e-05
4,352 Astrid: Accurate Selectivity Estimation for String Predicates using Deep Learning 2021 VLDB 6.2542257e-05
4,815 DigitHist: a Histogram-Based Data Summary with Tight Error Bounds 2017 VLDB 5.8978716e-05
5,642 Bloom Histogram: Path Selectivity Estimation for XML Data with Updates 2004 VLDB 5.3964761e-05
5,907 Exploiting Ordered Dictionaries to Efficiently Construct Histograms with Q-Error Guarantees in SAP HANA 2014 SIGMOD 5.2741214e-05
5,983 Understanding Cardinality Estimation using Entropy Maximization 2010 PODS 5.240797e-05
6,365 Pre-training Summarization Models of Structured Datasets for Cardinality Estimation 2022 VLDB 5.0892829e-05
6,634 Approximating and Testing k-Histogram Distributions in Sub-linear Time 2012 PODS 4.9784928e-05
6,700 Approximate Summaries for Why and Why-not Provenance 2020 VLDB 4.9534371e-05
7,188 LPLM: A Neural Language Model for Cardinality Estimation of LIKE-Queries 2024 SIGMOD 4.8017628e-05
8,092 Probabilistic Histograms for Probabilistic Data 2009 VLDB 4.5847443e-05
8,175 NOAH: Interactive Spreadsheet Exploration with Dynamic Hierarchical Overviews 2021 VLDB 4.5638044e-05
8,383 Consistent and Flexible Selectivity Estimation for High-Dimensional Data 2021 SIGMOD 4.5261239e-05
8,433 Histograms as a Side Effect of Data Movement for Big Data 2014 SIGMOD 4.5078508e-05
8,521 Computing A Well-Representative Summary of Conjunctive Query Results 2024 PODS 4.4893996e-05
9,059 Optimality and Scalability in Lattice Histogram Construction 2009 VLDB 4.3997447e-05
9,244 Determining Exact Quantiles with Randomized Summaries 2024 SIGMOD 4.3648789e-05
9,387 Small Selectivities Matter: Lifting the Burden of Empty Samples 2021 SIGMOD 4.341968e-05
9,868 Turbo-Charging SPJ Query Plans with Learned Physical Join Operator Selections 2022 VLDB 4.2634472e-05
10,598 ACE: A Cardinality Estimator for Set-Valued Queries 2025 VLDB 4.1905499e-05
10,647 Cardinality Estimation for Having-Clauses 2025 VLDB 4.1905499e-05
10,837 Cardinality Estimation for Similarity Search on High-Dimensional Data Objects: The Impact of Reference Objects 2025 VLDB 4.1905499e-05
11,087 Presto’s History-based Query Optimizer 2024 VLDB 4.1905499e-05
11,829 Are Few Bins Enough: Testing Histogram Distributions 2016 PODS 4.1905499e-05
12,068 Statistics Collection in Oracle Spatial and Graph: Fast Histogram Construction for Complex Geometry Objects 2013 VLDB 4.1905499e-05
12,316 Filtered Statistics 2009 SIGMOD 4.1905499e-05
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Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 50 of 55 cited papers.

Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank Cited Paper Year Venue Pagerank
14 Online Aggregation 1997 SIGMOD 0.0010813443
28 Accurate Estimation Of The Number Of Tuples Satisfying A Condition 1984 SIGMOD 0.00080571183
63 Improved Histograms for Selectivity Estimation of Range Predicates 1996 SIGMOD 0.00063595699
100 On the Propagation of Errors in the Size of Join Results 1991 SIGMOD 0.00050033475
114 Equi-Depth Histograms For Estimating Selectivity Factors For Multi-Dimensional Queries 1988 SIGMOD 0.00046317654
141 Selectivity Estimation Without the Attribute Value Independence Assumption 1997 VLDB 0.00041819767
168 Approximate Frequency Counts over Data Streams 2002 VLDB 0.0003915627
181 LEO - DB2's LEarning Optimizer 2001 VLDB 0.00036970794
212 Join Synopses for Approximate Query Answering 1999 SIGMOD 0.00033997204
216 Ripple Joins for Online Aggregation 1999 SIGMOD 0.00033560137
223 Wavelet-Based Histograms for Selectivity Estimation 1998 SIGMOD 0.00032829841
250 Adaptive Selectivity Estimation Using Query Feedback 1994 SIGMOD 0.00030640525
270 Fast Incremental Maintenance of Approximate Histograms 1997 VLDB 0.00029648047
274 Approximate Medians and other Quantiles in One Pass and with Limited Memory 1998 SIGMOD 0.00029383266
275 Approximate Computation of Multidimensional Aggregates of Sparse Data Using Wavelets 1999 SIGMOD 0.00029381206
326 Optimal Histograms with Quality Guarantees 1998 VLDB 0.0002737538
328 Balancing Histogram Optimality and Practicality for Query Result Size Estimation 1995 SIGMOD 0.00027301497
331 The Query By Image Content (QBIC) System 1995 SIGMOD 0.00027199905
344 Surfing Wavelets on Streams: One-Pass Summaries for Approximate Aggregate Queries 2001 VLDB 0.00026698826
360 Histogram-Based Approximation of Set-Valued Query Answers 1999 VLDB 0.00025768448
373 Selectivity Estimation using Probabilistic Models 2001 SIGMOD 0.00025354685
416 Approximate Query Processing Using Wavelets 2000 VLDB 0.00023773968
446 Random Sampling Techniques for Space Efficient Online Computation of Order Statistics of Large Datasets 1999 SIGMOD 0.00023002059
512 STHoles: A Multidimensional Workload-Aware Histogram 2001 SIGMOD 0.00021385343
526 A One-Pass Algorithm for Accurately Estimating Quantiles for Disk-Resident Data 1997 VLDB 0.00021046587
527 Self-tuning Histograms: Building Histograms Without Looking at Data 1999 SIGMOD 0.00020862475
531 Random Sampling for Histogram Construction: How much is enough? 1998 SIGMOD 0.0002079072
786 Exploiting Statistics on Query Expressions for Optimization 2002 SIGMOD 0.00016624743
801 Universality of Serial Histograms 1993 VLDB 0.00016440976
838 Independence is Good: Dependency-Based Histogram Synopses for High-Dimensional Data 2001 SIGMOD 0.00016024923
849 Dynamic Multidimensional Histograms 2002 SIGMOD 0.00015919478
955 How to Summarize the Universe: Dynamic Maintenance of Quantiles 2002 VLDB 0.00015069776
995 Approximating Multi-Dimensional Aggregate Range Queries Over Real Attributes 2000 SIGMOD 0.00014745185
1,019 An Instant and Accurate Size Estimation Method for Joins and Selection in a Retrieval-Intensive Environment 1993 SIGMOD 0.00014623543
1,045 Estimating the Selectivity of XML Path Expressions for Internet Scale Applications 2001 VLDB 0.00014451072
1,116 Global Optimization of Histograms 2001 SIGMOD 0.00013863484
1,126 Dynamic Maintenance of Wavelet-Based Histograms 2000 VLDB 0.0001381102
1,145 Estimating Alphanumeric Selectivity in the Presence of Wildcards 1996 SIGMOD 0.00013672625
1,240 Multi-dimensional Selectivity Estimation Using Compressed Histogram Information 1999 SIGMOD 0.00013090678
1,379 Substring Selectivity Estimation 1999 PODS 0.00012280308
1,400 Wavelet Synopses with Error Guarantees 2002 SIGMOD 0.0001219602
1,691 Combining Histograms and Parametric Curve Fitting for Feedback-Driven Query Result-Size Estimation 1999 VLDB 0.00010890775
2,016 StatiX: Making XML Count 2002 SIGMOD 9.7892568e-05
2,056 Selectivity Estimation in Spatial Databases 1999 SIGMOD 9.6692561e-05
2,208 A Scalable Hash Ripple Join Algorithm 2002 SIGMOD 9.2887018e-05
2,322 Statistical Synopses for Graph-Structured XML Databases 2002 SIGMOD 9.0348397e-05
2,552 Probabilistic Optimization of Top N Queries 1999 VLDB 8.5540341e-05
2,978 Estimating the Selectivity of Spatial Queries Using the 'Correlation' Fractal Dimension 1995 VLDB 7.7848117e-05
3,036 Multi-Dimensional Substring Selectivity Estimation 1999 VLDB 7.671524e-05
3,114 Structure and Value Synopses for XML Data Graphs 2002 VLDB 7.5419224e-05
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