Re: [HACKERS] [WIP] Zipfian distribution in pgbench - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alik Khilazhev
Subject Re: [HACKERS] [WIP] Zipfian distribution in pgbench
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Msg-id BBF6F3DB-A70D-480F-975E-C818643D6184@postgrespro.ru
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] [WIP] Zipfian distribution in pgbench  (Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>)
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> On 17 Jul 2017, at 13:51, Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr> wrote:
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> Is this bias expected from the drawing method, say because it is approximated and the approximation is weak at some
points,or is there an issue with its implementation, says some shift which gets smoothed down for higher indexes? 
>

I have checked paper where such implementation was proposed and there theta allowed only on range between 0 and 1. It
seemslike it is not guaranteed that it should work well when theta is more than 1. 

I am attaching paper, see page 23.

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Thanks and Regards,
Alik Khilazhev
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