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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2018
Sas Institute Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Xiangqian Hu, Cary, NC (US);
Xinmin Wu, Cary, NC (US);
Tao Wang, Cary, NC (US);
Xunlei Wu, Cary, NC (US);
SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Abstract
A computing device computes a quantile value. A maximum value and a minimum value are computed for unsorted variable values. An upper bin value and a lower bin value are computed for each bin of a plurality of bins using the maximum and minimum values. A frequency counter is computed for each bin by reading the unsorted variable values a second time. Each frequency counter is a count of the variable values within a respective bin. A bin number and a cumulative rank value are computed for a quantile. The bin number identifies a specific within which a quantile value associated with the quantile is located. The cumulative rank value identifies a cumulative rank for the quantile value associated with the quantile. Frequency data is computed using the frequency counters. The quantile value is computed using the frequency data and the cumulative rank value for the quantile and output.