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Publications (6)

cs.DB2024

Neuro-Symbolic Query Optimization in Knowledge Graphs

Maribel Acosta, Chang Qin, Tim Schwabe

This chapter delves into the emerging field of neuro-symbolic query optimization for knowledge graphs (KGs), presenting a comprehensive exploration of how neural and symbolic techn…

cs.LG2025

Effects of Distributional Biases on Gradient-Based Causal Discovery in the Bivariate Categorical Case

Tim Schwabe, Moritz Lange, Laurenz Wiskott +1

Gradient-based causal discovery shows great potential for deducing causal structure from data in an efficient and scalable way. Those approaches however can be susceptible to distr…

cs.DB2026

Fully Inductive Cardinality Estimation

Tim Schwabe, Lukas Ketzer, Maribel Acosta

The paper introduces FICE, a graph neural network‑based estimator that can predict the cardinalities of SPARQL Basic Graph Pattern queries on knowledge graphs it has never seen bef…

#cardinality estimation#graph neural networks#knowledge graphs#sparql query optimization
cs.CL2025

Q-NL Verifier: Leveraging Synthetic Data for Robust Knowledge Graph Question Answering

Tim Schwabe, Louisa Siebel, Patrik Valach +1

Question answering (QA) requires accurately aligning user questions with structured queries, a process often limited by the scarcity of high-quality query-natural language (Q-NL) p…

cs.DB2024

Cardinality Estimation over Knowledge Graphs with Embeddings and Graph Neural Networks

Tim Schwabe, Maribel Acosta

Cardinality Estimation over Knowledge Graphs (KG) is crucial for query optimization, yet remains a challenging task due to the semi-structured nature and complex correlations of ty…

cs.DB2026

Gradient-Based Join Ordering

Tim Schwabe, Maribel Acosta

Join ordering is the NP-hard problem of selecting the most efficient order in which to evaluate joins (conjunctive, binary operators) in a database query. Because query execution p…