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Cardinality estimation (CE), the task of predicting the result size of queries is a critical component of query optimization. Accurate estimates are essential for generating efficient query execution plans. Recently, machine learning…

Databases · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Lankadinee Rathuwadu , Guanli Liu , Christopher Leckie , Renata Borovica-Gajic

Modern database optimizer relies on cardinality estimator, whose accuracy directly affects the optimizer's ability to choose an optimal execution plan. Recent work on data-driven methods has leveraged probabilistic models to achieve higher…

Databases · Computer Science 2025-12-11 Xiao Yan , Tiezheng Nie , Boyang Fang , Derong Shen , Kou Yue , Yu Ge

In this paper we address cardinality estimation problem which is an important subproblem in query optimization. Query optimization is a part of every relational DBMS responsible for finding the best way of the execution for the given query.…

Databases · Computer Science 2017-11-23 Oleg Ivanov , Sergey Bartunov

Cardinality estimation has long been grounded in statistical tools for density estimation. To capture the rich multivariate distributions of relational tables, we propose the use of a new type of high-capacity statistical model: deep…

Cardinality estimation is a fundamental functionality in database systems. Most existing cardinality estimators focus on handling predicates over numeric or categorical data. They have largely omitted an important data type, set-valued…

Databases · Computer Science 2025-03-20 Yufan Sheng , Xin Cao , Kaiqi Zhao , Yixiang Fang , Jianzhong Qi , Wenjie Zhang , Christian S. Jensen

Cardinality estimation is a fundamental task in database systems and plays a critical role in query optimization. Despite significant advances in learning-based cardinality estimation methods, most existing approaches remain difficult to…

Databases · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Xianghong Xu , Rong Kang , Xiao He , Lei Zhang , Jianjun Chen , Tieying Zhang

Cardinality estimation is a fundamental but long unresolved problem in query optimization. Recently, multiple papers from different research groups consistently report that learned models have the potential to replace existing cardinality…

Databases · Computer Science 2021-08-12 Xiaoying Wang , Changbo Qu , Weiyuan Wu , Jiannan Wang , Qingqing Zhou

Due to the outstanding capability of capturing underlying data distributions, deep learning techniques have been recently utilized for a series of traditional database problems. In this paper, we investigate the possibilities of utilizing…

Databases · Computer Science 2021-09-27 Yaoshu Wang , Chuan Xiao , Jianbin Qin , Xin Cao , Yifang Sun , Wei Wang , Makoto Onizuka

Modern Cardinality Estimators struggle with data updates. This research tackles this challenge within single-table. We introduce ICE, an Index-based Cardinality Estimator, the first data-driven estimator that enables instant, tuple-leveled…

Databases · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Yingze Li , Xianglong Liu , Hongzhi Wang , Kaixin Zhang , Zixuan Wang

Cardinality estimation is a fundamental component in database systems, crucial for generating efficient execution plans. Despite advancements in learning-based cardinality estimation, existing methods may struggle to simultaneously optimize…

Databases · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Jiawei Liu , Ju Fan , Tongyu Liu , Kai Zeng , Jiannan Wang , Quehuan Liu , Tao Ye , Nan Tang

Query-driven learned estimators are accurate, flexible, and lightweight alternatives to traditional estimators in query optimization. However, existing query-driven approaches struggle with the Out-of-distribution (OOD) problem, where the…

Databases · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Rui Li , Kangfei Zhao , Jeffrey Xu Yu , Guoren Wang

Cardinality Estimation over Knowledge Graphs (KG) is crucial for query optimization, yet remains a challenging task due to the semi-structured nature and complex correlations of typical Knowledge Graphs. In this work, we propose GNCE, a…

Databases · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Tim Schwabe , Maribel Acosta

Cardinality estimation (CE) plays a crucial role in many database-related tasks such as query generation, cost estimation, and join ordering. Lately, we have witnessed the emergence of numerous learned CE models. However, no single CE model…

Databases · Computer Science 2024-09-25 Jintao Zhang , Chao Zhang , Guoliang Li , Chengliang Chai

The cardinality estimation is a key aspect of query optimization research, and its performance has significantly improved with the integration of machine learning. To overcome the "cold start" problem or the lack of model transferability in…

Databases · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Boyang Fang

Cardinality estimation is a fundamental task in database query processing and optimization. As shown in recent papers, machine learning (ML)-based approaches can deliver more accurate cardinality estimations than traditional approaches.…

Databases · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Lucas Woltmann , Claudio Hartmann , Dirk Habich , Wolfgang Lehner

In query optimisation accurate cardinality estimation is essential for finding optimal query plans. It is especially challenging for RDF due to the lack of explicit schema and the excessive occurrence of joins in RDF queries. Existing…

Databases · Computer Science 2018-01-22 Xin Wang , Eugene Siow , Aastha Madaan , Thanassis Tiropanis

Cardinality estimation (CardEst) is a critical aspect of query optimization. Traditionally, it leverages statistics built directly over the data. However, organizational policies (e.g., regulatory compliance) may restrict global data…

Databases · Computer Science 2025-06-23 Peizhi Wu , Rong Kang , Tieying Zhang , Jianjun Chen , Ryan Marcus , Zachary G. Ives

In recent years, \emph{learned cardinality estimation} has emerged as an alternative to traditional query optimization methods: by training machine learning models over observed query performance, learned cardinality estimation techniques…

Databases · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Peizhi Wu , Ryan Marcus , Zachary G. Ives

Cardinality estimation is the task of approximating the number of distinct elements in a large dataset with possibly repeating elements. LogLog and HyperLogLog (c.f. Durand and Flajolet [ESA 2003], Flajolet et al. [Discrete Math Theor.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-08-19 Aleksander Łukasiewicz , Przemysław Uznański

In recent years, machine learning-based cardinality estimation methods are replacing traditional methods. This change is expected to contribute to one of the most important applications of cardinality estimation, the query optimizer, to…

Databases · Computer Science 2023-04-03 Ryuichi Ito , Yuya Sasaki , Chuan Xiao , Makoto Onizuka
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