The Aqua Approximate Query Answering System.

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/sigmod/AcharyaGPR99,
  author    = {Swarup Acharya and
               Phillip B. Gibbons and
               Viswanath Poosala and
               Sridhar Ramaswamy},
  editor    = {Alex Delis and
               Christos Faloutsos and
               Shahram Ghandeharizadeh},
  title     = {The Aqua Approximate Query Answering System},
  booktitle = {SIGMOD 1999, Proceedings ACM SIGMOD International Conference
               on Management of Data, June 1-3, 1999, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
               USA},
  publisher = {ACM Press},
  year      = {1999},
  isbn      = {1-58113-084-8},
  pages     = {574-576},
  ee        = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/304182.304581, db/conf/sigmod/AcharyaGPR99.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/sigmod/99},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Abstract

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References

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[AGPR99]

Swarup Acharya, Phillip B. Gibbons, Viswanath Poosala, Sridhar Ramaswamy: Join Synopses for Approximate Query Answering. SIGMOD Conference 1999: 275-286 BibTeX

[GMP97]

Phillip B. Gibbons, Yossi Matias, Viswanath Poosala: Fast Incremental Maintenance of Approximate Histograms. VLDB 1997: 466-475 BibTeX

[PIHS96]

Viswanath Poosala, Yannis E. Ioannidis, Peter J. Haas, Eugene J. Shekita: Improved Histograms for Selectivity Estimation of Range Predicates. SIGMOD Conference 1996: 294-305 BibTeX

Referenced by

1. Timos K. Sellis: Review - The Aqua Approximate Query Answering System. ACM SIGMOD Digital Review 2: (2000)
2. Venkatesh Ganti, Mong-Li Lee, Raghu Ramakrishnan: ICICLES: Self-Tuning Samples for Approximate Query Answering. VLDB 2000: 176-187
3. Swarup Acharya, Phillip B. Gibbons, Viswanath Poosala, Sridhar Ramaswamy: Join Synopses for Approximate Query Answering. SIGMOD Conference 1999: 275-286