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Abstract
The incremental problem for a class Q of graph queries aims to compute, given a query Q 2 Q, graph G, output Q(G) and updates G to G as input, changes O to Q(G) such that Q(GG) = Q(G)O. It is called bounded if its cost can be expressed as a polynomial function in the sizes of Q, G and O. It is to reduce computations on possibly big G to small G and O. No matter how desirable, however, our first results are negative: for common graph queries such as graph traversal, connectivity, keyword search and pattern matching, their incremental problems are unbounded.
In light of the negative results, we propose two characterizations for the effectiveness of incremental computation: (a) localizable, if its cost is decided by small neighbors of nodes in G instead of the entire G; and (b) bounded relative to a batch algorithm T , if the cost is determined by the sizes of G and changes to the affected area that is necessarily checked by T . We show that the incremental computations above are either localizable or relatively bounded, by providing corresponding incremental algorithms. That is, we can either reduce the incremental computations on big graphs to small data, or incrementalize batch algorithms by minimizing unnecessary recomputation. Using real-life graphs, we experimentally verify the effectiveness of our algorithms.
In light of the negative results, we propose two characterizations for the effectiveness of incremental computation: (a) localizable, if its cost is decided by small neighbors of nodes in G instead of the entire G; and (b) bounded relative to a batch algorithm T , if the cost is determined by the sizes of G and changes to the affected area that is necessarily checked by T . We show that the incremental computations above are either localizable or relatively bounded, by providing corresponding incremental algorithms. That is, we can either reduce the incremental computations on big graphs to small data, or incrementalize batch algorithms by minimizing unnecessary recomputation. Using real-life graphs, we experimentally verify the effectiveness of our algorithms.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | SIGMOD '17 Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Conference on Management of Data |
Publisher | ACM |
Pages | 155-169 |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-4197-4 |
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Publication status | Published - 9 May 2017 |
Event | 2017 ACM International Conference on Management of Data - Chicago, United States Duration: 14 May 2017 → 19 May 2017 http://sigmod2017.org/ |
Conference
Conference | 2017 ACM International Conference on Management of Data |
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Abbreviated title | SIGMOD/PODS 2017 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Chicago |
Period | 14/05/17 → 19/05/17 |
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GRACE-Resource Bounded Graph Query Answering
Fan, W. (Principal Investigator)
1/11/15 → 31/10/21
Project: Research
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VADA: Value Added Data Systems: Principles and Architecture
Libkin, L. (Principal Investigator), Buneman, P. (Co-investigator), Fan, W. (Co-investigator) & Pieris, A. (Co-investigator)
1/04/15 → 30/09/20
Project: Research