Neo: A Learned Query Optimizer
Summary: Neo (Neural Optimizer) uses deep neural networks to generate query execution plans, offering a learning-based alternative to hand-tuned optimizers. Bootstrapped from traditional optimizers, it learns from live queries, adapts to data patterns, is robust to estimation errors, and can match or surpass state-of-the-art engines. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Ryan Marcus (Brandeis University)
- 2. Parimarjan Negi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- 3. Hongzi Mao (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- 4. Chi Zhang (Brandeis University)
- 5. Mohammad Alizadeh (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- 6. Tim Kraska (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- 7. Olga Papaemmanouil (Brandeis University)
- 8. Nesime Tatbul (Intel; Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
BibTeX Citation
@article{marcus_vldb19,
title = {{Neo: A Learned Query Optimizer}},
author = {Marcus, Ryan and Negi, Parimarjan and Mao, Hongzi and Zhang, Chi and Alizadeh, Mohammad and Kraska, Tim and Papaemmanouil, Olga and Tatbul, Nesime},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '19},
volume = {12},
number = {11},
pages = {1705--1718},
doi = {10.14778/3342263.3342644},
url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/3342263.3342644},
year = {2019}
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