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Chapter 61. Genetic Query Optimizer

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

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