Making predictions regarding evaluation of functions for a database environment
US9406027B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 5, 2011 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N5/04
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A prediction regarding one or more functions can be made for a database environment. In particular, a predication can be made with respect to values stored in at least one column of at least one table in a database, based on the evaluation of one or more functions for a subset of possible column values (i.e., resultant values derived from the evaluation of a subset of possible column values) without the need to calculate the function(s) for all of the actual entries in the column of the table(s). In effect, a functional predicate can be transformed (or translated) to a predicate that is dependent on the column values instead of the evaluation of one or more functions for the column values.
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