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Top-k Query Evaluation with Probabilistic Guarantees

Summary: Proposes approximate top-k algorithms using probabilistic bounds to prune candidates during index-list scans, reducing reliance on Fagin’s TA. Convolution-based bounds yield high-probability guarantees for early dropping, with experiments on Web and structured data. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
9173
Venue
VLDB
Year
2004
Pagerank
0.00010479371
Overall Rank
1,805 | 87.46%
DOI
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1,398 Structured Querying of Web Text: A Technical Challenge 2007 CIDR 0.00012201166
1,773 Continuous Monitoring of Top-k Queries over Sliding Windows 2006 SIGMOD 0.00010600438
2,014 IO-Top-k: Index-access Optimized Top-k Query Processing 2006 VLDB 9.7982231e-05
2,229 The SphereSearch Engine for Unified Ranked Retrieval of Heterogeneous XML and Web Documents 2005 VLDB 9.2422485e-05
2,604 Integrating DB and IR Technologies: What is the Sound of One Hand Clapping? * 2005 CIDR 8.4628537e-05
2,992 KLEE: A Framework for Distributed Top-k Query Algorithms 2005 VLDB 7.7661927e-05
3,046 An Efficient and Versatile Query Engine for TopX Search 2005 VLDB 7.6586679e-05
3,665 Ad-hoc Top-k Query Answering for Data Streams 2007 VLDB 6.8631567e-05
5,451 MINERVA: Collaborative P2P Search 2005 VLDB 5.4980173e-05
5,624 A Scalable Index for Top-k Subtree Similarity Queries 2019 SIGMOD 5.4049016e-05
6,004 DeepEverest: Accelerating Declarative Top-K Queries for Deep Neural Network Interpretation 2022 VLDB 5.2365238e-05
6,292 Ad-Hoc Aggregations of Ranked Lists in the Presence of Hierarchies 2008 SIGMOD 5.1209778e-05
6,704 Efficient and Flexible Information Retrieval Using MonetDB/X100 2007 CIDR 4.9512882e-05
7,133 Anytime Measures for Top-k Algorithms 2007 VLDB 4.8175888e-05
7,660 Processing Top-k Join Queries 2010 VLDB 4.6814547e-05
8,890 A General Framework for Modeling and Processing Optimization Queries 2007 VLDB 4.4235206e-05
9,311 On Efficient Approximate Queries over Machine Learning Models 2023 VLDB 4.3535588e-05
10,481 Approximating Opaque Top-k Queries 2025 SIGMOD 4.1905499e-05
11,969 Leveraging Graph Dimensions in Online Graph Search 2015 VLDB 4.1905499e-05
12,199 Efficient Rank Join with Aggregation Constraints 2011 VLDB 4.1905499e-05
12,275 An Access Cost-Aware Approach for Object Retrieval over Multiple Sources 2010 VLDB 4.1905499e-05
12,308 Skip-and-Prune: Cosine-based Top-K Query Processing for Efficient Context-Sensitive Document Retrieval 2009 SIGMOD 4.1905499e-05
12,355 Robust and Distributed Top-N Frequent-Pattern Mining With SAP BW Accelerator 2009 VLDB 4.1905499e-05
12,464 The TopX DB&IR Engine 2007 SIGMOD 4.1905499e-05
12,572 Database-Inspired Search 2005 VLDB 4.1905499e-05
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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank Cited Paper Year Venue Pagerank
8 Optimal Aggregation Algorithms for Middleware [Extended Abstract] 2001 PODS 0.0015436578
17 Optimizing Multi-Feature Queries for Image Databases 2000 VLDB 0.00095799341
325 The History of Histograms (abridged) 2003 VLDB 0.00027398081
427 Automated Ranking of Database Query Results 2003 CIDR 0.0002350378
551 Supporting Incremental Join Queries on Ranked Inputs 2001 VLDB 0.00020310856
1,093 Minimal Probing: Supporting Expensive Predicates for Top-k Queries 2002 SIGMOD 0.00014123221
2,552 Probabilistic Optimization of Top N Queries 1999 VLDB 8.5540341e-05
3,097 Optimized Query Execution in Large Search Engines with Global Page Ordering 2003 VLDB 7.5745942e-05
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