Patent ID: 9710428
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06N

Claim:
1. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a coordinating device of a distributed system to: initialize one or more values in the distributed system, wherein: coordinate a performance of sampling by multiple nodes of the distributed system based upon the one or more values to generate a plurality of samples, wherein each node of the multiple nodes generates at least one sample of the plurality of samples independently of and at least partially in parallel with other nodes of the multiple nodes to generate the plurality of samples in less time than if generated sequentially; coordinate an evaluation of the plurality of samples by the multiple nodes to determine whether one or more accuracy criteria are met, wherein each node performs accuracy tests of the at least one sample generated by the node independently of and at least partially in parallel with the others of the multiple nodes to evaluate the plurality of samples in less time than if evaluated sequentially; and in response to a determination that the plurality of samples does not meet the one or more accuracy criteria, repeat the initialization of the one or more values, wherein: