Multiple Join Size Estimation by Virtual Domains (extended abstract)

Summary: Introduces "virtual domains" to estimate sizes of intermediate relations for complex multi-equijoin expressions, avoiding the unrealistic underestimates caused by attribute-independence assumptions while requiring little database statistics. Presents an exact model plus a lightweight, fast approximation tailored for optimizer search over many alternative plans. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 998
Venue: PODS
Year: 1993
Pagerank: 7.64969e-05
Overall Rank: 3,053 | 78.77%
DOI: -

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Authors

1. Allen Van Gelder

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387	Optimization of Large Join Queries	1988	SIGMOD	0.0002471967
399	Randomized Algorithms For Optimizing Large Join Queries	1990	SIGMOD	0.00024315433
566	Query Optimization by Simulated Annealing	1987	SIGMOD	0.00019970535
784	Optimization of Large Join Queries: Combining Heuristics and Combinatorial Techniques	1989	SIGMOD	0.00016675823
813	Left-Deep Vs. Bushy Trees: An Analysis Of Strategy Spaces And Its Implications For Query Optimization	1991	SIGMOD	0.0001639584
897	Selectivity Estimation and Query Optimization in Large Databases with Highly Skewed Distributions of Column Values	1988	VLDB	0.00015528028
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