diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/inverted-index-join/ngram-edit-distance-contains.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/inverted-index-join/ngram-edit-distance-contains.aql
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+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/inverted-index-join/ngram-edit-distance-contains.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Description    : Fuzzy joins two datasets, DBLP and CSX, based on the edit-distance-contains function of their authors.
+ *                  DBLP has a 3-gram index on authors, and we expect the join to be transformed into an indexed nested-loop join.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32,
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create type CSXType as closed {
+  id: int32,
+  csxid: string,
+  title: string,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+create dataset CSX(CSXType) primary key id;
+
+create index ngram_index on DBLP(authors) type ngram(3);
+
+write output to nc1:"rttest/inverted-index-join_ngram-edit-distance-contains.adm";
+
+for $a in dataset('DBLP')
+for $b in dataset('CSX')
+where edit-distance-contains($a.authors, $b.authors, 3)[0] and $a.id < $b.id
+return {"arec": $a, "brec": $b }
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diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/results/inverted-index-join/ngram-edit-distance-contains.plan b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/results/inverted-index-join/ngram-edit-distance-contains.plan
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+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/results/inverted-index-join/ngram-edit-distance-contains.plan
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+-- DISTRIBUTE_RESULT  |PARTITIONED|
+  -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+    -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
+      -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
+        -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
+          -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+            -- HYBRID_HASH_JOIN [$$21][$$14]  |PARTITIONED|
+              -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                -- DATASOURCE_SCAN  |PARTITIONED|
+                  -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                    -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
+              -- HASH_PARTITION_EXCHANGE [$$14]  |PARTITIONED|
+                -- UNION_ALL  |PARTITIONED|
+                  -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                    -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
+                      -- STREAM_SELECT  |PARTITIONED|
+                        -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
+                          -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                            -- BTREE_SEARCH  |PARTITIONED|
+                              -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                -- STABLE_SORT [$$26(ASC)]  |PARTITIONED|
+                                  -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                    -- LENGTH_PARTITIONED_INVERTED_INDEX_SEARCH  |PARTITIONED|
+                                      -- BROADCAST_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                        -- STREAM_SELECT  |PARTITIONED|
+                                          -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                            -- SPLIT  |PARTITIONED|
+                                              -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                                -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
+                                                  -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
+                                                    -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                                      -- DATASOURCE_SCAN  |PARTITIONED|
+                                                        -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                                          -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
+                  -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                    -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
+                      -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                        -- NESTED_LOOP  |PARTITIONED|
+                          -- BROADCAST_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                            -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
+                              -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                -- DATASOURCE_SCAN  |PARTITIONED|
+                                  -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                    -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
+                          -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                            -- STREAM_SELECT  |PARTITIONED|
+                              -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                -- SPLIT  |PARTITIONED|
+                                  -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                    -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
+                                      -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
+                                        -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                          -- DATASOURCE_SCAN  |PARTITIONED|
+                                            -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                              -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/index-selection/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/index-selection/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36d37d8
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+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/index-selection/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32,
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create nodegroup group1 if not exists on nc1, nc2;
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType)
+  primary key id on group1;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/index-selection/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/index-selection/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f590a97
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+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/index-selection/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-id.txt"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"=":")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/index-selection/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/index-selection/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4209874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/index-selection/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index ngram_index on DBLP(title) type ngram(3);
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/index-selection/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains.4.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/index-selection/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains.4.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9749da8
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+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/index-selection/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains.4.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $paper in dataset('DBLP')
+where edit-distance-contains($paper.title, "Multmedia", 1)[0]
+order by $paper.id
+return {
+  "id" : $paper.id,
+  "title" : $paper.title
+}
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diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/index-selection/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains.1.adm b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/index-selection/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12593bf
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+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/index-selection/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains/inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{ "id": 4, "title": "Multimedia Information Systems  Issues and Approaches." }
+{ "id": 89, "title": "VORTEX  Video Retrieval and Tracking from Compressed Multimedia Databases." }
+{ "id": 90, "title": "VORTEX  Video Retrieval and Tracking from Compressed Multimedia Databases ¾ Visual Search Engine." }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
index 39f01c8..33227b3 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
@@ -2340,6 +2340,11 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="index-selection">
+      <compilation-unit name="inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">inverted-index-ngram-edit-distance-contains</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="index-selection">
       <compilation-unit name="inverted-index-olist-edit-distance-panic">
         <output-dir compare="Text">inverted-index-olist-edit-distance-panic</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>