Query SynthesisInteractive Query Synthesis
Many novice data analysts have trouble understanding and crafting queries in database query languages like SQL. Our goal is to simplify querying for such analysts, by guiding them to the query that they have in mind without much effort. In our ICDT’10 paper, given that an analyst has selected a subset of tuples of interest, we developed algorithms that automatically generate the most succinct and accurate query that captures that subset. We examined this problem as a tug-of-war between three forces:
In our VLDB’11 paper, we designed algorithms for interacting with the analyst (by asking as few questions as possible) to identify the predicates of interest. Relevant tech reports / publications:
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