The pattern of zero entries in the inverse covariance matrix of a multivariate normal distribution corresponds to conditional independence restrictions between variables. Covariance selection aims at estimating those structural zeros from data. We show that neighborhood selection with the Lasso

in the selection of blocks. Alignments constructed with different alignment methods (ClustalW, Mafft, and Probcons) were used to estimate phylogenetic trees by maximum likelihood, neighbor joining, and parsimony. We show that, in most alignment conditions, and for alignments that are not too short, removal

the large space overhead required to maintain such sizes exactly. Query optimizers rely on fast, high-quality estimates of join sizes in order to select between various join plans, and estimates of self-join sizes are used to indicate the degree of skew in the data. For self-joins, we considertwo approaches

their performance. While estimation techniques for analyzing the performance of other operations, such as range queries, on spatial data has come under scrutiny, the problem of estimating selectivity for spatial joins has been little explored. The limited forays into this area have used parametric techniques, which

We examine the estimation of selectivities for range and spatial join queries in real spatial databases. As we have shown earlier [FK94a], real point sets: (a) violate consistently the "uniformity" and "independence" assumptions, (b) can often be described as "

Estimating the result size of complex queries that involve selection on multiple attributes and the join of several relations is a difficult but fundamental task in database query processing. It arises in cost-based query optimization, query profiling, and approximate query answering. In this paper

Good estimates of join result sizes are critical for query op-timization in relational database management systems. We address the problem of incrementally obtaining accurate and consistent estimates of join result sizes. We have invented a new rule for choosing join selectiv-ities for estimating

Abstract. Spatial join is an expensive operation that is commonly used in spatial database systems. In order to generate efficient query plans for the queries involving spatial join operations, it is crucial to obtain accurate selectivity estimates for these operations. In this paper we introduce a

for sideways in-formation passing between separate joins at query run-time, to provide highly effective filters on the input streams of joins. Second, we improve previously proposed algorithms for join-order optimization by more accurate selectivity esti-mations for very large RDF graphs. Experimental studies

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