arXiv Machine Learning By Fangzhu Shen, Debmalya Panigrahi, Sudeepa Roy

Selectivity Estimation for Linear Queries via Online Learning

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arXiv:2607. 02895v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Learning-based approaches for selectivity estimation in databases have gained significant traction in recent years.

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