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Equi-Depth Histograms For Estimating Selectivity Factors For Multi-Dimensional Queries

Summary: Equi-depth multi-dimensional histograms for estimating selectivity of multi-attribute queries. Proposes a practical two-dimensional algorithm extendable to higher dimensions, a compact in-memory histogram structure, two estimation schemes, and a low-cost sampling method; experiments confirm accuracy and efficiency gains. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
h6107e5cd35b0ac92
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
1988
Pagerank
0.0003137356
Overall Rank
119 | 99.21%
DOI
10.1145/50202.50205

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BibTeX Citation

@inproceedings{muralikrishna_sigmod88,
        title = {{Equi-Depth Histograms For Estimating Selectivity Factors For Multi-Dimensional Queries}},
        author = {Muralikrishna, M. and DeWitt, David J.},
        series = {{SIGMOD} '88},
        booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
        publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
        doi = {10.1145/50202.50205},
        url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/50202.50205},
        year = {1988}
}

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255 The History of Histograms (abridged) 2003 VLDB 0.00022981861
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283 Balancing Histogram Optimality and Practicality for Query Result Size Estimation 1995 SIGMOD 0.00022214789
286 Selectivity Estimation using Probabilistic Models 2001 SIGMOD 0.0002211981
371 STHoles: A Multidimensional Workload-Aware Histogram 2001 SIGMOD 0.00019829769
372 Approximate Query Processing: Taming the TeraBytes! A Tutorial 2001 VLDB 0.00019720059
454 Self-tuning Histograms: Building Histograms Without Looking at Data 1999 SIGMOD 0.00017962189
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5,004 Fast Algorithms For Hierarchical Range Histogram Construction 2002 PODS 6.3186165e-05
5,199 Exact Cardinality Query Optimization with Bounded Execution Cost 2019 SIGMOD 6.2327836e-05
6,168 Modeling skewed distributions using multifractals and the '80-20 law' 1996 VLDB 5.8627239e-05
7,320 Distributed Top-N Query Processing with Possibly Uncooperative Local Systems 2003 VLDB 5.5538431e-05
7,493 Synopses for Query Optimization: A Space-Complexity Perspective 2004 PODS 5.5103311e-05
9,387 Optimality and Scalability in Lattice Histogram Construction 2009 VLDB 5.1868213e-05
9,818 Hierarchically Organized Skew-Tolerant Histograms for Geographic Data Objects 2010 SIGMOD 5.1257999e-05
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10,057 SPACE: Cardinality Estimation for Path Queries Using Cardinality-Aware Sequence-based Learning 2025 SIGMOD 5.0875952e-05
13,131 Searching on the Secondary Structure of Protein Sequences 2002 VLDB 4.9793485e-05
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1 Access Path Selection in a Relational Database Management System 1979 SIGMOD 0.0023947656
2 R-Trees: A Dynamic Index Structure For Spatial Searching 1984 SIGMOD 0.001992968
8 The K-D-B-Tree: A Search Structure for Large Multidimensional Dynamic Indexes 1981 SIGMOD 0.0008122792
36 Accurate Estimation Of The Number Of Tuples Satisfying A Condition 1984 SIGMOD 0.00047863192
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