物化视图选择的预处理算法

现有的静态物化视图选择算法的视图搜索代价较大，而导致算法的时间复杂度偏高，不能用于对物化视图进行在线动态调整．提出了一种物化视图选择的预处理算法——PMVS，其中包括用户查询集动态调整算法QSDM、候选视图格构造算法CVLC和候选视图筛选算法CVF，该算法可用做预处理过程对视图数量进行在线压缩，从而降低了静态算法的视图空间搜索代价和时间复杂度．理论分析和实验结果表明该算法是有效可行的．     

WebView在线物化选择方案的研究

随着Internet的高速发展，产生了海量的web信息，其中动态网页占了很大的部分．Web View是指通过数据查询所产生的HTML或者XML文件块，对Web View进行物化可以提高用户的查询速度，但是其代价是会可能为用户提供过期的数据．定义了Web View物化模型中的数据质量和服务质量的标准，并提出一种在线动态调整的Web View物化选择的算法WMS，使得Web View的数据质量和服务质量达到最佳．     

数据仓库中物化视图选择策略

为了提高决策支持和OLAP查询的响应效率,数据仓库多采用物化视图的思想.因此,物化视图的选择策略是数据仓库研究的重要问题之一.其目标是选出一组存储、维护代价与查询代价的总和为最小的物化视图.提出一个以MVPP(multi-view processing plan)为视图选择的搜索空间的物化视图选择新算法--VSMF(views selection base on multi-factor)算法.该算法在存储空间约束下同时实现多查询最优化和视图维护最优化.     

数据仓库中物化视图的选择

物化视图是数据仓库中提高查询效率的有力方法，物化视图的选择一直是数据仓库领域的研究热点。通过对星型模型的研究，根据对数据仓库的常用查询及其执行概率，设计出一个候选视图的算法，并详细介绍了线性代价模型，在该模型和候选视图算法基础上，参照文献[4]提出一个改进的物化视图选择贪心算法。     

基于多维护策略的物化视图选择方法

物化视图是数据仓库环境中提高OLAP查询效率的重要手段，因此，物化视图的选择是数据仓库设计中重要的决策之一。本文提出的物化视图选择方法目标是选择合适的视图进行物化，使得查询处理的总代价和物化视图的维护代价最低，提出了物化视图收益模型，并在此基础上基于视图的多维护策略提出了物化视图选择的方法：基于增量和重计算的物化视图选择算法IRMVS、基于增量策略的物化视图选择算法IMVS和基于重计算策略的物化视图选择算法RMVs和基于增量策略的物化后代视图选择算法IMDVS，理论分析和实验表明这些算法是有效可行的。     

半结构化数据查询重写

查询重写是数据库研究的一个基本问题，它和查询优化，数据仓库，信息集成，语义缓存等问题紧密相关，目前Internet上存在海量的半结构化数据，在信息集成过程中产生了大量半结构化视图，如何利用物化半结构化视图来重写用户查询，减少响应时间成为研究热点问题，上述问题本质上是NP问题，提出了一种半结构化查询重写的新方法，该方法在保证算法正确性和完备性的基础上，利用半结构化数据特点和查询子目标之间的关系，减少了指数空间的查询重写候选方案生成，理论分析表明，它极大地降低了算法的代价。     

NDSMMV——一种多维数据集物化视图动态选择新策略

物化视图的选择策略是数据仓库研究的重要问题之一.通过深入研究提出了一种多维数据集中物化视图动态选择的新策略--NDSMMV,包括候选视图生成算法CVGA、物化视图选择算法IGA、物化视图调整算法MAMV和物化视图动态调整算法DMAMV.CVGA基于多维数据格生成候选视图集,对候选视图数量进行压缩以减少后续算法的视图空间搜索代价和时间复杂度;IGA基于视图查询、视图维护和存储空间三元评价标准在候选视图集上进行物化视图的选择;MAMV基于物化视图选择过程已选视图的收益变化情况对物化视图进行进一步调整以提高查询的响应性能;DMAMV定时地判断查询视图类型分布是否变化来决定是否进行物化视图的动态调整,从而避免了物化视图集的"抖动".理论分析和实验结果表明该策略是有效可行的.     

数据集成中XML数据查询语义重写

查询重写是数据库研究的一个基本问题，它和查询优化，数据仓库，数据集成，语义缓存等数据库问题密切相关，为提高集成系统的查询效率，系统选择提交频率较高的XML查询物化为中间层视图，用户提交查询后，系统尽可能利用中间视图层中视图，而不是访问数据源来回答查询，这个问题实际可以归结为半结构化查询重写问题，考虑到中间视图层空间的有限性，已有视图应当尽可能回答更多的查询，传统查询重写方法有考虑半结构化数据之间的约束，而根据约束可以等价变换查询，从而提高中间视图层中的表达能力，提出了一种新的半结构化查询重写的方法，该方法在保证算法正确性和完备性的基础上，利用上半结构化数据中的约束，尤其是XML文件中的路径依赖，来增强中间层物化视图的表达能力，理论分析和初步原型实验证明方法的有效性。     

面向查询集覆盖的物化视图选择算法

为了解决大容量物理存储条件下数据仓库的物化视图选择问题,提出一种面向查询集覆盖的物化视图选择算法.首先给出了一些概念和定义,然后从视图集的多维数据格中抽取和裁剪出候选视图集,并定义视图物化的效益模型,最后在存储容量的限制下逐步淘汰收益最小的应答查询的冗余视图,得到覆盖所有查询的最优物化视图集.实验结果表明,该算法在较大物理存储条件下的物化视图选择效率优于以往算法,且能够消除物化视图在应答查询时存在的时延“抖动”现象,应答用户查询的平均时间也大为缩短.     

一种空间数据仓库动态物化视图选择算法

物化视图能够有效地提高空间数据仓库的查询效率,但由于空间操作的复杂性,传统数据仓库中物化视图的选择算法不能很好地应用于空间数据仓库。为了在存储空间约束下选择查询进行物化,并动态调整物化视图集,以适应用户查询的时变性和即席查询,提出了空间物化视图选择算法SMVS。实验结果表明该算法是有效可行的,不仅能够提高查询性能,而且解决了查询响应性能随用户查询分布变化而下降的问题。     

Incremental Design of a Data Warehouse

A data warehouse (DW) can be seen as a set of materialized views defined over remote base relations. When a query is posed, it is evaluated locally, using the materialized views, without accessing the original information sources. The DWs are dynamic entities that evolve continuously over time. As time passes, new queries need to be answered by them. Some of these queries can be answered using exclusively the materialized views. In general though new views need to be added to the DW.In this paper we investigate the problem of incrementally designing a DW when new queries need to be answered and possibly extra space is allocated for view materialization. Based on an AND/OR dag representation of multiple queries, we model the problem as a state space search problem. We design incremental algorithms for selecting a set of new views to additionally materialize in the DW that: (a) fits in the extra space, (b) allows a complete rewriting of the new queries over the materialized views, and (c) minimizes the combined new query evaluation and new view maintenance cost. Finally, we discuss methods for pruning the search space so that efficiency is improved.     

Designing data warehouses

A Data Warehouse (DW) is a database that collects and stores data from multiple remote and heterogeneous information sources. When a query is posed, it is evaluated locally, without accessing the original information sources. In this paper we deal with the issue of designing a DW, in the context of the relational model, by selecting a set of views to materialize in the DW. First, we briefly present a theoretical framework for the DW design problem, which concerns the selection of a set of views that (a) fit in the space allocated to the DW, (b) answer all the queries of interest, and (c) minimize the total query evaluation and view maintenance cost. We then formalize the DW design problem as a state space search problem by taking into account multiquery optimization over the maintenance queries (i.e., queries that compute changes to the materialized views) and the use of auxiliary views for reducing the view maintenance cost. Finally, incremental algorithms and heuristics for pruning the search space are presented.     

Efficient approaches for materialized views selection in a data warehouse

View materialization is an effective method to increase query efficiency in a data warehouse and improve OLAP query performance. However, one encounters the problem of space insufficiency if all possible views are materialized in advance. Reducing query time by means of selecting a proper set of materialized views with a lower cost is crucial for efficient data warehousing. In addition, the costs of data warehouse creation, query, and maintenance have to be taken into account while views are materialized. In this paper, we propose efficient algorithms to select a proper set of materialized views, constrained by storage and cost considerations, to help speed up the entire data warehousing process. We derive a cost model for data warehouse query and maintenance as well as efficient view selection algorithms that effectively exploit the gain and loss metrics. The main contribution of our paper is to speed up the selection process of materialized views. Concurrently, this will greatly reduce the overall cost of data warehouse query and maintenance.     

View selection for designing the global data warehouse

A global data warehouse (DW) integrates data from multiple distributed heterogeneous databases and other information sources. A global DW can be abstractly seen as a set of materialized views. The selection of views for materialization in a DW is an important decision in the design of a DW. Current commercial products do not provide tools for automatic DW design. We provide a general method that, given a set of select-project-join queries to be satisfied by the DW, generates sets of materialized views that satisfy all the input queries. This process is complex since ‘common subexpressions' between the queries need to be detected and exploited. Our method is then applied to solve the problem of selecting such a materialized view set that fits in the space allocated to the DW for materialization and minimizes the combined overall query evaluation and view maintenance cost. We design algorithms which are implemented and we report on their experimental evaluation.     

Detecting redundant materialized views in data warehouse evolution

A data warehouse (DW) can be abstractly seen as a set of materialized views defined over a set of remote data sources. A DW is intended to satisfy a set of queries. The views materialized in a DW relate to each other in a complex manner, through common subexpressions, in order to guarantee high query performance and low view maintenance cost. DWs are time varying. As time passes new materialized views are added in order to satisfy new queries, or for performance reasons, while old queries are dropped. The evolution of a DW can result in a redundant set of materialized views. In this paper, we address the problem of detecting redundant materialized views in a given DW view selection, that is, materialized views that can be removed from DW without negatively affecting the query evaluation or the view maintenance process. Using an AND/OR dag representation for multiple queries and views, we first formalize the process of propagating source relation changes to the materialized views by exploiting common subexpressions between views and by using other materialized views that are not affected by these changes. Then, we provide an algorithm for detecting materialized views that are not needed in the process of propagating source relation changes to the DW. We also show how trivially redundant views can be identified in this process. Finally, we use these results to provide a procedure for detecting materialized views that are redundant in a DW. Our approach considers a broad class of views that includes grouping/aggregation views and is not dependent on a specific cost model.     

实例化视图选择算法PBC

在数据仓库中,如何选择实例化视图是一个重要的问题。针对一类特定的数据立方体,该文提出了一个基于代价策略的实例化视图选择算法。通过对一个实际数据集的分析,发现在数据立方体中有很多父子视图具有相同的体积,其原因是用于产生数据立方体的基本关系的属性之间存在着密切的联系。显然,对这类数据立方体不能像算法PBS那样按照体积的大小来选择要实例化的视图。为此,设计了算法PBC,不但可以快速地给出满足条件的实例化视图集,而且可以准确地找到具有最短平均响应时间的实例化视图集,避免了在用户给出过大的参数时,实例化一些无益于缩短查询响应时间的视图。实验结果表明,算法PBC是有效的。     

Finding an efficient rewriting of OLAP queries using materialized views in data warehouses

OLAP queries involve a lot of aggregations on a large amount of data in data warehouses. To process expensive OLAP queries efficiently, we propose a new method to rewrite a given OLAP query using various kinds of materialized views which already exist in data warehouses. We first define the normal forms of OLAP queries and materialized views based on the selection and aggregation granularities, which are derived from the lattice of dimension hierarchies. Conditions for usability of materialized views in rewriting a given query are specified by relationships between the components of their normal forms. We present a rewriting algorithm for OLAP queries that can effectively utilize materialized views having different selection granularities, selection regions, and aggregation granularities together. We also propose an algorithm to find a set of materialized views that results in a rewritten query which can be executed efficiently. We show the effectiveness and performance of the algorithm experimentally.     

A formal perspective on the view selection problem

The view selection problem is to choose a set of views to materialize over a database schema, such that the cost of evaluating a set of workload queries is minimized and such that the views fit into a prespecified storage constraint. The two main applications of the view selection problem are materializing views in a database to speed up query processing, and selecting views to materialize in a data warehouse to answer decision support queries. In addition, view selection is a core problem for intelligent data placement over a wide-area network for data integration applications and data management for ubiquitous computing. We describe several fundamental results concerning the view selection problem. We consider the problem for views and workloads that consist of equality-selection, project and join queries, and show that the complexity of the problem depends crucially on the quality of the estimates that a query optimizer has on the size of the views it is considering to materialize. When a query optimizer has good estimates of the sizes of the views, we show a somewhat surprising result, namely, that an optimal choice of views may involve a number of views that is exponential in the size of the database schema. On the other hand, when an optimizer uses standard estimation heuristics, we show that the number of necessary views and the expression size of each view are polynomially bounded. Received: November 20, 1001 / Accepted: May 30, 2002 / Published online: September 25, 2002