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Measuring the Complexity of Join Enumeration in Query Optimization

Summary: Analyzes Starburst’s parameterized join enumeration, quantifying search-space complexity with composite inner operands and Cartesian joins. Derives and validates shape-dependent counts, showing linear join queries remain polynomial—and optimizable at 100-table scale. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)

Paper ID
hc1e8ac2f3feb88d5
Venue
VLDB
Year
1990
Pagerank
0.00021032289
Overall Rank
322 | 97.85%
DOI
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BibTeX Citation

@article{ono_vldb90,
        title = {{Measuring the Complexity of Join Enumeration in Query Optimization}},
        author = {Ono, Kiyoshi and Lehman, Guy M.},
        journal = {PVLDB},
        series = {{VLDB} '90},
        pages = {314},
        year = {1990}
}

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259 An Overview of Query Optimization in Relational Systems 1998 PODS 0.00022881075
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2,237 Shared Workload Optimization 2014 VLDB 8.7777395e-05
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Rank Cited Paper Year Venue Pagerank
1 Access Path Selection in a Relational Database Management System 1979 SIGMOD 0.0023948467
144 Optimization of Nonrecursive Queries 1986 VLDB 0.00029092688
197 Grammar-like Functional Rules for Representing Query Optimization Alternatives 1988 SIGMOD 0.00025558952
470 Optimization of Large Join Queries 1988 SIGMOD 0.00017699145
2,320 Optimization of Nested Queries in a Distributed Relational Database 1984 VLDB 8.6359247e-05
2,557 An Architecture For Query Optimization 1982 SIGMOD 8.278395e-05
3,218 Implementing an Interpreter for Functional Rules in a Query Optimizer 1988 VLDB 7.5096666e-05
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