Method and apparatus for rapid identification of column heterogeneity

Author

Bing Tian DAI, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Nikolaos KOUDAS
Beng Chin OOI
Divesh SRIVASTAVA
Suresh VENKATASUBRANMANIAN

Publication Type

Patent

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

5-2012

Abstract

A method and apparatus for rapid identification of column heterogeneity in databases are disclosed. For example, the method receives data associated with a column in a database. The method computes a cluster entropy for the data as a measure of data heterogeneity and then determines whether said data is heterogeneous in accordance with the cluster entropy.

Discipline

Databases and Information Systems

First Page

1

Last Page

13

Publisher

USPTO

Citation

DAI, Bing Tian; KOUDAS, Nikolaos; OOI, Beng Chin; SRIVASTAVA, Divesh; and VENKATASUBRANMANIAN, Suresh. Method and apparatus for rapid identification of column heterogeneity. (2012). 1-13.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3670

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Additional URL

http://www.google.com/patents/US8176016