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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2023
Paypal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Nitin S. Sharma, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sanae Amani Geshnigani, San Jose, CA (US);
Pengshan Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Haoyang Jia, Shanghai, CN;
Junshi Guo, Shanghai, CN;
PayPal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are presented for facilitating computer software feature experimentation by using one or more graph analyses to partition users into different experimentation groups. A graph is generated to represent users of a service provider and relationships among the users. When a request to perform a software feature experiment on the users of the service provider, the graph is analyzed to determine an estimated spillover effect. The graph is then coarsened across multiple levels using a label propagation technique based on one or more coarsening parameters. After the graph has been coarsened, the graph is partitioned into multiple partitions based on one or more partitioning parameters. The coarsening parameters and/or the partitioning parameters may be determined based on the estimated spillover effect. A subset of users is selected for performing the software feature experiment based on the partitioning of the coarsened graph.