Extensible Query Optimization and Parallel Execution in Volcano. - Goetz Graefe; Richard L. Cole; Diane L. Davison; William J. McKenna; Richard H. Wolniewicz (Query Processing for Advanced Database Systems, 1991)

Challenges for Query Processing in Object-Oriented Databases. - David Maier 001; Scott Daniels; Thomas Keller 005; Bennet Vance; Goetz Graefe; William J. McKenna (Query Processing for Advanced Database Systems, 1991)

The Volcano Optimizer Generator: Extensibility and Efficient Search. - Goetz Graefe; William J. McKenna (ICDE, 1993)

Experiences Building the Open OODB Query Optimizer. - José A. Blakeley; William J. McKenna; Goetz Graefe (SIGMOD Conference, 1993)

Efficient Search in Extensible Query Optimization: The Volcano Optimizer Generator - William J. McKenna (1993)

EROC: A Toolkit for Building NEATO Query Optimizers. - William J. McKenna; Louis Burger; Chi Hoang; Melissa Truong (VLDB, 1996)

Redbrick Vista: Aggregate Computation and Management. - Latha S. Colby; Richard L. Cole; Edward Haslam; Nasi Jazayeri; Galt Johnson; William J. McKenna; Lee Schumacher; David Wilhite (ICDE, 1998)

Data Warehousing Lessons From Experience (Panel). - Patrick E. O'Neil; Richard Winter; Clark D. French; Dan Crowley; William J. McKenna (ICDE, 1998)

Aggregate Maintenance for Data Warehousing in Informix Red Brick Vista. - Craig J. Bunker; Latha S. Colby; Richard L. Cole; William J. McKenna; Gopal Mulagund; David Wilhite (VLDB, 2001)

Partial join order optimization in the paraccel analytic database. - Yijou Chen; Richard L. Cole; William J. McKenna; Sergei Perfilov; Aman Sinha; Eugene Szedenits Jr. (SIGMOD Conference, 2009)