Table of Contents

59.1. Query Handling as a Complex Optimization Problem

59.2. Genetic Algorithms

59.3. Genetic Query Optimization (GEQO) in PostgreSQL

59.3.1. Generating Possible Plans with GEQO

59.3.2. Future Implementation Tasks for PostgreSQL GEQO

59.4. Further Reading

Author

Written by Martin Utesch (<utesch@aut.tu-freiberg.de >) for the Institute of Automatic Control at the University of Mining and Technology in Freiberg, Germany.