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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2012
Snigdha Chaturvedi, Hyattsville, MD (US);
Tanveer A. Faruquie, New Delhi, IN;
Hima P. Karanam, New Delhi, IN;
Marvin Mendelssohn, Westborough, MA (US);
Mukesh K. Mohania, New Delhi, IN;
L. Venkata Subramaniam, New Delhi, IN;
Snigdha Chaturvedi, Hyattsville, MD (US);
Tanveer A. Faruquie, New Delhi, IN;
Hima P. Karanam, New Delhi, IN;
Marvin Mendelssohn, Westborough, MA (US);
Mukesh K. Mohania, New Delhi, IN;
L. Venkata Subramaniam, New Delhi, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of blocking column selection can include determining a first parameter for each column set of a plurality of column sets, wherein the first parameter indicates distribution of blocks in the column set, and determining a second parameter for each column set. The second parameter can indicate block size for the column set. For each column set, a measure of blockability that is dependent upon at least the first parameter and the second parameter can be calculated using a processor. The plurality of column sets can be ranked according to the measures of blockability.