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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Yu Wang, Redmond, WA (US);
Yu Hu, Redmond, WA (US);
Haiyuan Cao, Bellevue, WA (US);
Hui Su, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jinchao Li, Redmond, WA (US);
Xinying Song, Redmond, WA (US);
Jianfeng Gao, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A workflow engine tool is disclosed that enables scientists and engineers to programmatically author workflows (e.g., a directed acyclic graph, 'DAG') with nearly no overhead, using a simpler script that needs almost no modifications for portability among multiple different workflow engines. This permits users to focus on the business logic of the project, avoiding the distracting tedious overhead related to workflow management (such as uploading modules, drawing edges, setting parameters, and other tasks). The workflow engine tool provides an abstraction layer on top of workflow engines, introducing a binding function that converts a programming language function (e.g., a normal python function) into a workflow module definition. The workflow engine tool infers module instances and induces edge dependencies automatically by inferring from a programming language script to build a DAG.