Flexible, efficient and scalable sampling
US7543006B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99956
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A sampling infrastructure/scheme that supports flexible, efficient, scalable and uniform sampling is disclosed. A sample is maintained in a compact histogram form while the sample footprint stays below a specified upper bound. If, at any point, the sample footprint exceeds the upper bound, then the compact representation is abandoned, the sample purged to obtain a subsample. The histogram of the purged subsample is expanded to a bag of values while sampling remaining data values of the partitioned subset. The expanded purged subsample is converted to a histogram and uniform random samples are yielded. The sampling scheme retains the bounded footprint property and to a partial degree the compact representation of the Concise Sampling scheme, while ensuring statistical uniformity. Samples from at least two partitioned subsets are merged on demand to yield uniform merged samples of combined partitions wherein the merged samples also maintain the histogram representation and bounded footprint property.
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