Scaling-Up In-Memory Datalog Processing: Observations and Techniques
Summary: Cross-domain evaluation shows Datalog engines’ performance is workload-sensitive across graph analytics and program analysis. RecStep, built atop a parallel single-node relational engine, outperforms prior parallel systems 4–6×, challenging the assumption that relational substrates are unsuitable. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Zhiwei Fan (University of Wisconsin)
- 2. Jianqiao Zhu (University of Wisconsin)
- 3. Zuyu Zhang (University of Wisconsin)
- 4. Aws Albarghouthi (University of Wisconsin)
- 5. Paraschos Koutris (University of Wisconsin)
- 6. Jignesh M. Patel (University of Wisconsin)
BibTeX Citation
@article{fan_vldb19,
title = {{Scaling-Up In-Memory Datalog Processing: Observations and Techniques}},
author = {Fan, Zhiwei and Zhu, Jianqiao and Zhang, Zuyu and Albarghouthi, Aws and Koutris, Paraschos and Patel, Jignesh M.},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '19},
volume = {12},
number = {6},
pages = {695--708},
doi = {10.14778/3311880.3311886},
url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/3311880.3311886},
year = {2019}
}
Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 8 of 8 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,402 | Shared Arrangements: practical inter-query sharing for streaming dataflows | 2020 | VLDB | 6.6120647e-05 |
| 7,141 | Optimizing Recursive Queries with Program Synthesis | 2022 | SIGMOD | 5.5979985e-05 |
| 8,362 | Optimizing Nested Recursive Queries | 2024 | SIGMOD | 5.3456573e-05 |
| 9,026 | Optimizing Parallel Recursive Datalog Evaluation on Multicore Machines | 2022 | SIGMOD | 5.2341149e-05 |
| 10,153 | Datalog with First-Class Facts | 2025 | VLDB | 5.0691578e-05 |
| 10,341 | Efficient Enumeration of Recursive Plans in Transformation-based Query Optimizers | 2024 | VLDB | 5.0230745e-05 |
| 10,893 | FlowLog: Efficient and Extensible Datalog via Incrementality | 2026 | VLDB | 4.9769913e-05 |
| 11,660 | The Vadalog Parallel System: Distributed Reasoning with Datalog+/- | 2024 | VLDB | 4.9769913e-05 |
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Showing 9 of 9 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Pregel: A System for Large-Scale Graph Processing | 2010 | SIGMOD | 0.0012087459 |
| 24 | Data Integration: A Theoretical Perspective | 2002 | PODS | 0.00055018384 |
| 1,000 | Declarative Networking: Language, Execution and Optimization | 2006 | SIGMOD | 0.00012601156 |
| 1,550 | Distributed SociaLite: A Datalog-Based Language for Large-Scale Graph Analysis | 2013 | VLDB | 0.00010285521 |
| 2,139 | Quickstep: A Data Platform Based on the Scaling-Up Approach | 2018 | VLDB | 8.9735524e-05 |
| 2,373 | Giraph Unchained: Barrierless Asynchronous Parallel Execution in Pregel-like Graph Processing Systems | 2015 | VLDB | 8.5570278e-05 |
| 2,636 | Big Data Analytics with Datalog Queries on Spark | 2016 | SIGMOD | 8.1926426e-05 |
| 2,796 | Demonstration of the Myria Big Data Management Service | 2014 | SIGMOD | 7.9934519e-05 |
| 4,153 | Asynchronous and Fault-Tolerant Recursive Datalog Evaluation in Shared-Nothing Engines | 2015 | VLDB | 6.7730626e-05 |
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