M. M. Astrahan

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

M. M. Astrahan is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, M. M. Astrahan has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 12 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in M. M. Astrahan's work include Advanced Database Systems and Queries (11 papers), Semantic Web and Ontologies (8 papers) and Data Management and Algorithms (5 papers). M. M. Astrahan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Database Systems and Queries (11 papers), Semantic Web and Ontologies (8 papers) and Data Management and Algorithms (5 papers). M. M. Astrahan collaborates with scholars based in United States and Brazil. M. M. Astrahan's co-authors include Donald D. Chamberlin, Raymond A. Lorie, Patricia G. Selinger, Tom Price, Bradford W. Wade, J. W. Mehl, Kapali P. Eswaran, Patricia P. Griffiths, William F. King and Irving L. Traiger and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IBM Journal of Research and Development and ACM Transactions on Database Systems.

In The Last Decade

M. M. Astrahan

29 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Access path selection in a relational database management system

1979 1.4k citations Patricia G. Selinger, M. M. Astrahan et al. profile →
System R

1976 680 citations M. M. Astrahan, Michael W. Blasgen et al. ACM Transactions on Database Systems profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. M. Astrahan United States	13	2.7k	1.8k	1.3k	630	198	30	3.0k
Inderpal Singh Mumick United States	22	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	929 0.7×	725 1.2×	345 1.7×	53	2.3k
Witold Litwin France	25	2.4k 0.9×	851 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	638 1.0×	163 0.8×	98	2.7k
François Bancilhon France	19	1.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	1.9k 1.4×	419 0.7×	70 0.4×	46	2.6k
Guy M. Lohman United States	36	3.9k 1.4×	2.5k 1.4×	1.8k 1.4×	1.4k 2.2×	211 1.1×	80	4.4k
Swarup Acharya United States	22	2.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	601 0.5×	356 0.6×	122 0.6×	34	3.0k
S. Bing Yao United States	18	1.5k 0.6×	861 0.5×	521 0.4×	338 0.5×	65 0.3×	49	1.7k
George P. Copeland United States	19	1.9k 0.7×	858 0.5×	749 0.6×	451 0.7×	39 0.2×	37	2.1k
David Lomet United States	28	2.2k 0.8×	878 0.5×	818 0.6×	744 1.2×	86 0.4×	125	2.7k
Nicolas Bruno United States	24	2.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	972 0.7×	943 1.5×	127 0.6×	55	2.7k
Chee-Yong Chan Singapore	23	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	823 0.6×	557 0.9×	107 0.5×	46	2.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Blasgen, Michael W., M. M. Astrahan, Donald D. Chamberlin, et al.. (1999). System R: An architectural overview. IBM Systems Journal. 38(2.3). 375–396. 14 indexed citations

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Astrahan, M. M., Mario Schkolnick, & Kyu-Young Whang. (1987). Approximating the number of unique values of an attribute without sorting. Information Systems. 12(1). 11–15. 30 indexed citations

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Astrahan, M. M., et al.. (1986). Reflections on a Quarter-Century: AFIPS Founders. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 8(3). 225–256. 1 indexed citations

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Astrahan, M. M. & John F. Jacobs. (1983). History of the Design of the SAGE Computer-The AN/FSQ-7. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 5(4). 340–349. 8 indexed citations

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Chamberlin, Donald D., M. M. Astrahan, William F. King, et al.. (1981). Support for repetitive transactions and ad hoc queries in System R. ACM Transactions on Database Systems. 6(1). 70–94. 64 indexed citations

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Blasgen, Michael W., M. M. Astrahan, Donald D. Chamberlin, et al.. (1981). System R: An architectural overview. IBM Systems Journal. 20(1). 41–62. 27 indexed citations

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Astrahan, M. M., et al.. (1980). Performance of the System R Access Path Selection Mechanism.. IFIP Congress. 487–491. 17 indexed citations

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Selinger, Patricia G., M. M. Astrahan, Donald D. Chamberlin, Raymond A. Lorie, & Tom Price. (1979). Access path selection in a relational database management system. 23–23. 1411 indexed citations breakdown →

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Astrahan, M. M. & Donald D. Chamberlin. (1975). Implementation of a structured English query language. Communications of the ACM. 18(10). 580–588. 113 indexed citations

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Astrahan, M. M. & Donald D. Chamberlin. (1975). Implementation of a structured English query language. 4 indexed citations

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Astrahan, M. M. & Donald D. Chamberlin. (1975). Implementation of a structured English query language. 54–54. 13 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Sakti P. & M. M. Astrahan. (1974). A Translator Optimizer for Obtaining Answers to Entity Set Queries from an Arbitrary Access Path in Network.. IFIP Congress. 436–439. 5 indexed citations

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Altman, Eitan, et al.. (1972). Specifications in a Data Independent Accessing Model. 363–382. 7 indexed citations

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Astrahan, M. M., et al.. (1972). Concepts of a Data Independent Accessing Model. 349–362. 15 indexed citations

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Astrahan, M. M.. (1958). The Role of Large Memories in Scientific Communications. IBM Journal of Research and Development. 2(4). 310–313. 2 indexed citations

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Astrahan, M. M.. (1957). Papers and discussions presented at the December 9-13, 1957, eastern joint computer conference: Computers with deadlines to meet. 2 indexed citations

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Astrahan, M. M., et al.. (1957). Logical Design of the Digital Computer for the SAGE System. IBM Journal of Research and Development. 1(1). 76–83. 11 indexed citations

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Astrahan, M. M., et al.. (1956). Reliability of an Air Defense Computing System: Marginal Checking and Maintenance Programming. IEEE Transactions on Electronic Computers. EC-5(4). 233–237. 4 indexed citations

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Astrahan, M. M., et al.. (1956). The logical design of a digital computer for a large-scale real-time application. 70–70. 2 indexed citations

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Astrahan, M. M. & N Rochester. (1952). The logical organization of the new IBM scientific calculator. 79–83. 4 indexed citations

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