Patent ID: 7467180
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of automatically segmenting and populating a distributed problem for processing, the method comprising: determining a bounding space that is at least equal in size to a problem space volume; partitioning the bounding space into a plurality of sub-spaces capable of holding collections of original problem cells; mapping the distributed problem into the partitioned bounding space to populate the sub-spaces with data from the problem; determining boundaries between the sub-spaces; determining coupling interdependencies between the sub-spaces; determining complexities associated with the boundaries; calculating densities of the data from the problem; if the densities of two or more contiguous collections fall below a lower level threshold, dynamically joining the two or more contiguous collections; if a particular collection density exceeds an upper threshold, dynamically subdividing the particular collection into a finer granularity; and processing the problem based on the boundaries, the coupling interdependencies, the complexities, and the densities.