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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2009
Peter Jay Haas, San Jose, CA (US);
Ravindranath Jampani, Gainesville, FL (US);
Chistopher Matthew Jermaine, Ocala, FL (US);
Luis Leopoldo Perez, Gainesville, FL (US);
Mingxi Wu, Belmont, CA (US);
Fei Xu, Gainesville, FL (US);
Peter Jay Haas, San Jose, CA (US);
Ravindranath Jampani, Gainesville, FL (US);
Chistopher Matthew Jermaine, Ocala, FL (US);
Luis Leopoldo Perez, Gainesville, FL (US);
Mingxi Wu, Belmont, CA (US);
Fei Xu, Gainesville, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for managing uncertain data is provided. The method includes specifying data uncertainty using at least one variable generation (VG) function, wherein the VG function generates pseudorandom samples of uncertain data values. A random database based on the VG function is specified. and multiple Monte Carlo instantiations of the random database are generated. Using a Monte Carlo method, a query is repeatedly executed over the multiple Monte Carlo instantiations to output a Monte Carlo method result and associated query-results. The Monte Carlo method result may then be used to estimate statistical properties of a probability distribution of the query-result.