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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
0.00023353808
Overall Rank
256 | 98.23%
DOI
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Rank Citing Paper Year Venue Pagerank
20 How Good Are Query Optimizers, Really? 2016 VLDB 0.00058294381
299 Order Preserving Encryption for Numeric Data 2004 SIGMOD 0.00022045388
387 Preventing Bad Plans by Bounding the Impact of Cardinality Estimation Errors 2009 VLDB 0.00019538003
442 Worst-case Optimal Join Algorithms 2012 PODS 0.00018404579
462 An End-to-End Learning-based Cost Estimator 2020 VLDB 0.0001813892
567 Towards a Robust Query Optimizer: A Principled and Practical Approach 2005 SIGMOD 0.00016486291
694 On Synopses for Distinct-Value Estimation Under Multiset Operations 2007 SIGMOD 0.00015056567
843 Pay-as-you-go User Feedback for Dataspace Systems 2008 SIGMOD 0.0001371047
1,081 Lightweight Graphical Models for Selectivity Estimation Without Independence Assumptions 2011 VLDB 0.00012387181
1,126 Adaptive Range Filters for Cold Data: Avoiding Trips to Siberia 2013 VLDB 0.00012159658
1,250 Sampling-Based Query Re-Optimization 2016 SIGMOD 0.00011563119
1,489 Self-Tuning, GPU-Accelerated Kernel Density Models for Multidimensional Selectivity Estimation 2015 SIGMOD 0.00010670879
1,492 Top-k Query Evaluation with Probabilistic Guarantees 2004 VLDB 0.00010668148
1,606 Deep Learning Models for Selectivity Estimation of Multi-Attribute Queries 2020 SIGMOD 0.00010308107
1,951 IO-Top-k: Index-access Optimized Top-k Query Processing 2006 VLDB 9.5045729e-05
2,043 Generating Targeted Queries for Database Testing 2008 SIGMOD 9.3370388e-05
2,116 Brighthouse: An Analytic Data Warehouse for Ad-hoc Queries 2008 VLDB 9.2038228e-05
2,244 GORDIAN: Efficient and Scalable Discovery of Composite Keys 2006 VLDB 8.9465445e-05
2,688 Learned Cardinality Estimation: A Design Space Exploration and A Comparative Evaluation 2022 VLDB 8.3172831e-05
2,886 Weighted Hypertree Decompositions and Optimal Query Plans 2004 PODS 8.0645443e-05
2,937 Query Optimizers: Time to Rethink the Contract? 2009 SIGMOD 8.0072565e-05
2,977 EVA: A Symbolic Approach to Accelerating Exploratory Video Analytics with Materialized Views 2022 SIGMOD 7.9537139e-05
3,108 FactorJoin: A New Cardinality Estimation Framework for Join Queries 2023 SIGMOD 7.8122622e-05
3,175 Correlation Sketches for Approximate Join-Correlation Queries 2021 SIGMOD 7.7393361e-05
3,451 Exact Cardinality Query Optimization for Optimizer Testing 2009 VLDB 7.4749615e-05
3,525 Astrid: Accurate Selectivity Estimation for String Predicates using Deep Learning 2021 VLDB 7.4076098e-05
4,372 DigitHist: a Histogram-Based Data Summary with Tight Error Bounds 2017 VLDB 6.8047955e-05
5,390 Bloom Histogram: Path Selectivity Estimation for XML Data with Updates 2004 VLDB 6.3061557e-05
5,647 Exploiting Ordered Dictionaries to Efficiently Construct Histograms with Q-Error Guarantees in SAP HANA 2014 SIGMOD 6.2011141e-05
5,717 Pre-training Summarization Models of Structured Datasets for Cardinality Estimation 2022 VLDB 6.1775295e-05
6,050 Understanding Cardinality Estimation using Entropy Maximization 2010 PODS 6.0551156e-05
6,290 Approximate Summaries for Why and Why-not Provenance 2020 VLDB 5.9877161e-05
6,419 Approximating and Testing k-Histogram Distributions in Sub-linear Time 2012 PODS 5.9471897e-05
6,648 LPLM: A Neural Language Model for Cardinality Estimation of LIKE-Queries 2024 SIGMOD 5.8722385e-05
7,930 Probabilistic Histograms for Probabilistic Data 2009 VLDB 5.5814542e-05
8,031 Consistent and Flexible Selectivity Estimation for High-Dimensional Data 2021 SIGMOD 5.5615904e-05
8,309 Histograms as a Side Effect of Data Movement for Big Data 2014 SIGMOD 5.5100446e-05
8,385 NOAH: Interactive Spreadsheet Exploration with Dynamic Hierarchical Overviews 2021 VLDB 5.4958075e-05
8,611 Computing A Well-Representative Summary of Conjunctive Query Results 2024 PODS 5.4598872e-05
9,073 Optimality and Scalability in Lattice Histogram Construction 2009 VLDB 5.3880466e-05
9,253 Determining Exact Quantiles with Randomized Summaries 2024 SIGMOD 5.3572577e-05
9,319 Small Selectivities Matter: Lifting the Burden of Empty Samples 2021 SIGMOD 5.3468418e-05
9,862 Turbo-Charging SPJ Query Plans with Learned Physical Join Operator Selections 2022 VLDB 5.256625e-05
10,598 ACE: A Cardinality Estimator for Set-Valued Queries 2025 VLDB 5.1725247e-05
10,647 Cardinality Estimation for Having-Clauses 2025 VLDB 5.1725247e-05
10,837 Cardinality Estimation for Similarity Search on High-Dimensional Data Objects: The Impact of Reference Objects 2025 VLDB 5.1725247e-05
11,087 Presto’s History-based Query Optimizer 2024 VLDB 5.1725247e-05
11,829 Are Few Bins Enough: Testing Histogram Distributions 2016 PODS 5.1725247e-05
12,068 Statistics Collection in Oracle Spatial and Graph: Fast Histogram Construction for Complex Geometry Objects 2013 VLDB 5.1725247e-05
12,316 Filtered Statistics 2009 SIGMOD 5.1725247e-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
10 Online Aggregation 1997 SIGMOD 0.00077936311
35 Improved Histograms for Selectivity Estimation of Range Predicates 1996 SIGMOD 0.00048862242
37 Accurate Estimation Of The Number Of Tuples Satisfying A Condition 1984 SIGMOD 0.00048770736
98 On the Propagation of Errors in the Size of Join Results 1991 SIGMOD 0.00034732081
99 LEO - DB2's LEarning Optimizer 2001 VLDB 0.00034651834
100 Selectivity Estimation Without the Attribute Value Independence Assumption 1997 VLDB 0.00034549997
119 Approximate Frequency Counts over Data Streams 2002 VLDB 0.00032265625
120 Equi-Depth Histograms For Estimating Selectivity Factors For Multi-Dimensional Queries 1988 SIGMOD 0.00032260989
136 Ripple Joins for Online Aggregation 1999 SIGMOD 0.00030254656
140 Join Synopses for Approximate Query Answering 1999 SIGMOD 0.00029955359
167 Wavelet-Based Histograms for Selectivity Estimation 1998 SIGMOD 0.000277743
212 Approximate Computation of Multidimensional Aggregates of Sparse Data Using Wavelets 1999 SIGMOD 0.00025045482
221 Adaptive Selectivity Estimation Using Query Feedback 1994 SIGMOD 0.00024405057
234 Fast Incremental Maintenance of Approximate Histograms 1997 VLDB 0.00024050031
258 Approximate Medians and other Quantiles in One Pass and with Limited Memory 1998 SIGMOD 0.00023249876
266 Optimal Histograms with Quality Guarantees 1998 VLDB 0.00023039606
274 Selectivity Estimation using Probabilistic Models 2001 SIGMOD 0.00022678252
277 Balancing Histogram Optimality and Practicality for Query Result Size Estimation 1995 SIGMOD 0.00022592757
300 Approximate Query Processing Using Wavelets 2000 VLDB 0.00022034489
302 Surfing Wavelets on Streams: One-Pass Summaries for Approximate Aggregate Queries 2001 VLDB 0.00022030492
354 The Query By Image Content (QBIC) System 1995 SIGMOD 0.00020437323
360 STHoles: A Multidimensional Workload-Aware Histogram 2001 SIGMOD 0.00020269545
425 Histogram-Based Approximation of Set-Valued Query Answers 1999 VLDB 0.00018757897
433 Random Sampling Techniques for Space Efficient Online Computation of Order Statistics of Large Datasets 1999 SIGMOD 0.00018623769
438 Self-tuning Histograms: Building Histograms Without Looking at Data 1999 SIGMOD 0.00018515832
503 Random Sampling for Histogram Construction: How much is enough? 1998 SIGMOD 0.00017452048
660 Exploiting Statistics on Query Expressions for Optimization 2002 SIGMOD 0.00015363874
685 Independence is Good: Dependency-Based Histogram Synopses for High-Dimensional Data 2001 SIGMOD 0.00015100765
717 Dynamic Multidimensional Histograms 2002 SIGMOD 0.00014794319
767 A One-Pass Algorithm for Accurately Estimating Quantiles for Disk-Resident Data 1997 VLDB 0.00014243361
769 Universality of Serial Histograms 1993 VLDB 0.00014233685
814 How to Summarize the Universe: Dynamic Maintenance of Quantiles 2002 VLDB 0.00013887125
837 Approximating Multi-Dimensional Aggregate Range Queries Over Real Attributes 2000 SIGMOD 0.00013759323
875 Estimating the Selectivity of XML Path Expressions for Internet Scale Applications 2001 VLDB 0.00013527726
951 Dynamic Maintenance of Wavelet-Based Histograms 2000 VLDB 0.00013057833
1,046 Multi-dimensional Selectivity Estimation Using Compressed Histogram Information 1999 SIGMOD 0.00012552939
1,119 Estimating Alphanumeric Selectivity in the Presence of Wildcards 1996 SIGMOD 0.00012185737
1,138 Wavelet Synopses with Error Guarantees 2002 SIGMOD 0.00012098633
1,166 An Instant and Accurate Size Estimation Method for Joins and Selection in a Retrieval-Intensive Environment 1993 SIGMOD 0.00011965874
1,406 Substring Selectivity Estimation 1999 PODS 0.00010978363
1,619 Combining Histograms and Parametric Curve Fitting for Feedback-Driven Query Result-Size Estimation 1999 VLDB 0.00010273734
1,647 Global Optimization of Histograms 2001 SIGMOD 0.00010196455
1,763 A Scalable Hash Ripple Join Algorithm 2002 SIGMOD 9.8916822e-05
1,875 StatiX: Making XML Count 2002 SIGMOD 9.6594993e-05
2,087 Selectivity Estimation in Spatial Databases 1999 SIGMOD 9.2595863e-05
2,114 Probabilistic Optimization of Top N Queries 1999 VLDB 9.2091982e-05
2,290 Statistical Synopses for Graph-Structured XML Databases 2002 SIGMOD 8.8809016e-05
2,765 Estimating the Selectivity of Spatial Queries Using the 'Correlation' Fractal Dimension 1995 VLDB 8.2164324e-05
3,084 Structure and Value Synopses for XML Data Graphs 2002 VLDB 7.8426331e-05
3,162 Multi-Dimensional Substring Selectivity Estimation 1999 VLDB 7.7495683e-05
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