Patent №
US 7,203,685
Granted
2007-04-10
Filed 2003
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
3
kr · planning · evo
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10733959
A cardinality estimator computes an estimated cardinality for a database column using a formula that accounts for skew in the data in the column. The result is an estimate of cardinality that more closely resembles the actual cardinality in the column. The improved cardinality estimate may then be used to make better query optimizations.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 148000034
Assignors
ABDO, ABDO ESMAIL, FAUNCE, MICHAEL S.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.