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Data Sketch/Synopsis

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A synopsis of dataset D is an abstract of D. A sketch is also referred to an abstract of dataset D but is usually referred to an abstract in a sampling method.

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Sketch/synopsis techniques have many applications. They are mainly used for statistics estimation in query processing optimization and for supporting on-line data analysis via approximate query processing. The goal is to develop effective and efficient techniques to build a small space synopsis while achieving high precision. For instance, a key component in query processing optimization is to estimate the result sizes of queries. Many techniques [1 , 2] have been developed for this purpose, including histograms, wavelets, and join synopses.

In data stream applications, the space requirements of synopses/sketches are critical to keep them in memory for on-line query processing. Streams are usually massive in size and fast at arrival rates; consequently it may be infeasible to keep a whole...

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  1. Alon N, Gibbons PB, Matias Y, Szegedy M. Tracking join and self-join sizes in limited storage. In: Proceedings of 18th ACM SIGMOD-SIGACT-SIGART Symposium on Principles of Database Systems; 1999.

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  3. Zhang Y, Lin X, Xu J, Korn F, Wang W. Space-efficient relative error order sketch over data streams. In: Proceedings of 22nd International Conference on Data Engineering; 2006.

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  1. University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Xuemin Lin

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  1. Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Ling Liu

  2. University of Waterloo School of Computer Science, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    M. Tamer Özsu

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  1. School of Inf. Tech. & Elec. Eng., Univ. of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, 4072, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Xiaofang Zhou

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Lin, X. (2016). Data Sketch/Synopsis. In: Liu, L., Özsu, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7993-3_549-2

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