Patent ID: 11941006
Assignee: PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to evaluate the plurality of augmented versions of the query comprise instructions executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to,
determine at least one of a quantitative relation between active resources and deleted resources, an estimated number of records to be examined, and an estimated execution cost associated with each of the plurality of augmented versions of the query;
evaluate, for each of the plurality of augmented versions of the query, the at least one of the quantitative relation, the estimated number of records, and the estimated execution cost based on the set of heuristics; and
determine heuristic scores for the plurality of augmented versions of the query based on the evaluation,
wherein the instructions to select the first augmented version of the query for execution comprise instructions to select the first augmented version of the query based on the first augmented version of the query having a best one of the heuristic scores.