APPROXIMATE: A Query Processor That Produces Monotonically Improving Approximate Answers

For some applications, it may be better for a database to produce an approximate answer when it is not possible to produce an exact answer. We have designed and implemented a query processor, called APPROXIMATE, that makes approximate answers available if part of the database is unavailable or if there is not enough time to produce an exact answer. The accuracy of the approximate answers produced improves monotonically with the amount of data retrieved to produce the result. APPROXIMATE returns the exact answer if all of the needed data are available and if there is enough time to continue with the processing. The latest, best available approximate answer is returned if the user demands an answer before query processing is completed. The approximate query processing algorithm of APPROXIMATE works within a standard relational algebra framework.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Vrbsky, Susan Vlasta

Contributors dc:contributor

• Liu, Jane W.S.

• Computer Science

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9329191

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72089