Circuit Treewidth, Sentential Decision, and Query Compilation
Simone Bova, Stefan Szeider · 2017
The evaluation of a query over a probabilistic database boils down to computing the probability of a suitable Boolean function, the lineage of the query over the database. The method of query compilation approaches the task in two stages: first, the query lineage is implemented (compiled) in a circuit form where probability computation is tractable; and second, the desired probability is computed over the compiled circuit. A basic theoretical quest in query compilation is that of identifying pertinent classes of queries whose lineages admit compact representations over increasingly succinct, tractable circuit classes.