The Generalized MDL Approach for Summarization
Summary: GMDL generalizes MDL for region-based OLAP summaries; allows don't-care cells to merge into larger regions, yielding fewer regions and more concise answers. It provides region-finding algorithms for fully spatial and hierarchical categorical dimensions, with runtime and compression results. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Laks V.S. Lakshmanan (University of British Columbia)
- 2. Raymond T. Ng (University of British Columbia)
- 3. Christine Xing Wang (University of British Columbia)
- 4. Xiaodong Zhou (University of British Columbia)
- 5. Theodore J. Johnson (AT&T)
BibTeX Citation
@article{lakshmanan_vldb02,
title = {{The Generalized MDL Approach for Summarization}},
author = {Lakshmanan, Laks V.S. and Ng, Raymond T. and Wang, Christine Xing and Zhou, Xiaodong and Johnson, Theodore J.},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '02},
doi = {10.1016/B978-155860869-6/50073-1},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-155860869-6/50073-1},
year = {2002}
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 563 | Graph Summarization with Bounded Error | 2008 | SIGMOD | 0.00016294243 |
| 879 | Interpretable and Informative Explanations of Outcomes | 2015 | VLDB | 0.00013255435 |
| 4,298 | MDL Summarization with Holes | 2005 | VLDB | 6.6640493e-05 |
| 4,353 | Diamond in the Rough: Finding Hierarchical Heavy Hitters in Multi-Dimensional Data | 2004 | SIGMOD | 6.6322269e-05 |
| 4,711 | Distributed Query Processing and Catalogs for Peer-to-Peer Systems | 2003 | CIDR | 6.440991e-05 |
| 6,450 | Summarized Causal Explanations For Aggregate Views | 2024 | SIGMOD | 5.7635046e-05 |
| 7,173 | Guided Exploration of Data Summaries | 2022 | VLDB | 5.578213e-05 |
| 8,347 | The Cascading Analysts Algorithm | 2018 | SIGMOD | 5.3338424e-05 |
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