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R* Optimizer Validation and Performance Evaluation for Local Queries

Summary: Validates the R* optimizer against performance in a System R–based DBMS, via SQL-cost logging for tests of single-table, sorts, and local 2-table joins. Shows CPU cost dominates; highlights buffer effects, statistics, prefetching, and Bloom filters to improve performance. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
head78f64fba82359
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
1986
Pagerank
0.00019151375
Overall Rank
397 | 97.34%
DOI
10.1145/16894.16863

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Authors

BibTeX Citation

@inproceedings{mackert_sigmod86,
        title = {{R* Optimizer Validation and Performance Evaluation for Local Queries}},
        author = {Mackert, Lothar F. and Lohman, Guy M.},
        series = {{SIGMOD} '86},
        booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
        publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
        doi = {10.1145/16894.16863},
        url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/16894.16863},
        year = {1986}
}

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15 How Good Are Query Optimizers, Really? 2016 VLDB 0.00061067652
91 On the Propagation of Errors in the Size of Join Results 1991 SIGMOD 0.00034748721
97 Of Nests and Trees: A Unified Approach to Processing Queries That Contain Nested Subqueries, Aggregates, and Quantifiers 1987 VLDB 0.00034111286
272 An Overview of Query Optimization in Relational Systems 1998 PODS 0.0002251422
345 R* Optimizer Validation and Performance Evaluation for Distributed Queries 1986 VLDB 0.0002045459
477 Dynamic Query Evaluation Plans 1989 SIGMOD 0.00017640718
792 Parametric Query Optimization 1992 VLDB 0.00013938197
859 Query Optimization by Simulated Annealing 1987 SIGMOD 0.0001341356
2,108 A Performance Evaluation of Pointer-Based Joins 1990 SIGMOD 9.0268278e-05
2,890 Query Optimizers: Time to Rethink the Contract? 2009 SIGMOD 7.9010819e-05
3,527 Identifying Robust Plans through Plan Diagram Reduction 2008 VLDB 7.2283486e-05
4,064 Event-Join Optimization in Temporal Relational Databases 1989 VLDB 6.8203918e-05
4,267 Buffer Pool Aware Query Optimization 2005 CIDR 6.6936093e-05
4,659 On the Production of Anorexic Plan Diagrams 2007 VLDB 6.4794607e-05
5,171 Toward Practical Constraint Databases 1993 VLDB 6.241929e-05
5,581 Bloom Histogram: Path Selectivity Estimation for XML Data with Updates 2004 VLDB 6.0741907e-05
5,796 Network-Aware Query Processing for Stream-based Applications 2004 VLDB 5.9901244e-05
6,714 Simple Adaptive Query Processing vs. Learned Query Optimizers: Observations and Analysis 2023 VLDB 5.6993812e-05
7,247 Pruning in Snowflake: Working Smarter, Not Harder 2025 SIGMOD 5.5734736e-05
7,258 An Observation on Database Buffering Performance Metrics 1986 VLDB 5.5699089e-05
7,810 Parachute: Single-Pass Bi-Directional Information Passing 2025 VLDB 5.4477354e-05
7,936 Including Bloom Filters in Bottom-up Optimization 2025 SIGMOD 5.4210921e-05
8,137 Thrifty Query Execution via Incrementability 2020 SIGMOD 5.391109e-05
8,290 A Formal Model of Trade-off between Optimization and Execution Costs in Semantic Query Optimization 1988 VLDB 5.3601045e-05
10,926 No Silver Bullet: Boosting GaussDB Performance on the 30TB TPC-H Workload 2026 VLDB 4.9769913e-05
13,483 An Analytical Method for Estimating and Interpreting Query Time 1987 VLDB 4.9769913e-05
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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank Cited Paper Year Venue Pagerank
1 Access Path Selection in a Relational Database Management System 1979 SIGMOD 0.0023943337
7 Implementation Techniques For Main Memory Database Systems 1984 SIGMOD 0.00081971778
59 Differential Files: Their Application To The Maintenance Of Large Data Bases 1976 SIGMOD 0.00039592759
82 Hashing Methods and Relational Algebra Operations 1984 VLDB 0.00036042975
128 An Evaluation of Buffer Management Strategies for Relational Database Systems 1985 VLDB 0.00030399615
156 Multiprocessor Hash-Based Join Algorithms 1985 VLDB 0.00028509887
345 R* Optimizer Validation and Performance Evaluation for Distributed Queries 1986 VLDB 0.0002045459
405 Distributed Query Processing In A Relational Data Base System 1978 SIGMOD 0.00019057201
607 A Mechanism for Managing the Buffer Pool in a Relational Database System Using the Hot Set Model 1982 VLDB 0.00015595949
1,672 Some Experimental Results on Distributed Join Algorithms in a Local Network 1985 VLDB 9.923993e-05
1,673 On the Design of a Query Processing Strategy in a Distributed Database Environment 1983 SIGMOD 9.9200011e-05
1,802 A Heuristic Approach to Distributed Query Processing 1982 VLDB 9.6045509e-05
2,311 Optimization of Nested Queries in a Distributed Relational Database 1984 VLDB 8.6623569e-05
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