Selective computation using analytic functions

• US 9,363,143 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2008
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Pikovsky, Alexander, Pennell, David Joel Sr., Hylands, Jon, Pair, Stephen, Kamath, Monty
• Primary Examiner(s): BLAIR, DOUGLAS B
• Application Number:
  US12/056,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20090244067A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,994 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/142 using statistical or mathematical methods

Abstract

A system, and computer usable program product for selective computation using analytic functions are provided in the illustrative embodiments. An object graph and information about a change therein is received. The object graph includes several objects representing several resources in an environment as well as a set of analytic function instances in relation to the objects. A set of analytic function dependencies is determined. A first analytic function instance in the set of analytic function instances that has to be re-executed based on the change is identified. A re-computation graph is computed using the analytic function instance and presented. The change may be an addition, a deletion, a modification, or a combination thereof. The change may be a change in an object, in a relationship between two objects, in a relationship between an object in and an analytic function instance in the set of analytic function instances, or in an analytic function instance.

Claims

1. A computer usable program product comprising a computer usable device including computer usable code for selective re-computation using analytic functions, the computer usable code comprising:

computer usable code for receiving an object graph, the object graph including a plurality of objects representing a plurality of resources in an environment, a resource in the plurality of resources comprising a physical component of the environment, an object in the plurality of objects comprising a logical construct corresponding to the physical component, the object graph further including a set of analytic function instances in relation to the plurality of objects, wherein an analytic function instance is an instance of an analytic function described by an analytic function specification, the instance executing in a data processing environment, and wherein the analytic function performs an analytical computation when the instance executes in the data processing environment;

computer usable code for determining a set of analytic function dependencies;

computer usable code for receiving an information about a change in the object graph;

computer usable code for identifying a first analytic function instance in the set of analytic function instances that has to be re-executed based on the change;

computer usable code for computing a re-computation graph using the analytic function instance, wherein the re-computation graph is a portion of the object graph such that the first analytic function instance located in the portion have to be re-executed responsive to the change; and

computer usable code for presenting the re-computation graph.

2. The computer usable program product of claim 1, wherein the change is one of an addition, a deletion, and a modification, and wherein the change is one of (i) a first change in an object in the plurality of objects, (ii) a second change in a relationship between a first object and a second object in the plurality of objects, and (iii) a third change in a relationship between an object in the plurality of objects and an analytic function instance in the set of analytic function instances.

3. The computer usable program product of claim 1, wherein, the change is a change in an analytic function instance in the set of analytic function instances, wherein the change in the analytic function instance is one of (i) a change in an input bindings, (ii) a change in an analysis procedure, and (iii) a change in a temporal semantics used in the analytic function instance.

4. The computer usable program product of claim 1, wherein the computer usable code for identifying the first analytic function instance that has to be re-executed further comprises:

computer usable code for determining whether the first analytic function instance receives an input time series from one of (i) an object that has changed, (ii) an object whose relationship has changed, and (iii) an object with which the relationship of the analytic function instance has changed, wherein the input time series comprises data produced by the physical component corresponding to the object;

computer usable code for determining whether the first analytic function instance receives the input time series that is changed as a result of (i) an object that has changed, (ii) an object whose relationship has changed, and (iii) a second analytic function instance whose relationship has changed; and

computer usable code for determining whether one of (i) the first analytic function instance, (ii) a third analytic function instance directly related to the first analytic function instance, and (iii) a fourth analytic function instance indirectly related to the first analytic function instance has changed.

5. The computer usable program product of claim 1, wherein the re-computation graph includes a plurality of analytic function instances from the set of analytic function instances, the plurality of analytic function instances including less than all analytic function instances in the set of analytic function instances, and wherein each analytic function instance in the plurality of analytic function instances is re-executed as a result of the change.

6. The computer usable program product of claim 1, wherein the computer usable code for computing the re-computation graph includes computer usable code for an iterative graph tracing of the object graph.

7. A data processing system for selective re-computation using analytic functions, the data processing system comprising:

a storage device including a storage medium, wherein the storage device stores computer usable program code; and

a processor, wherein the processor executes the computer usable program code, and wherein the computer usable program code comprises;

computer usable code for receiving an object graph, the object graph including a plurality of objects representing a plurality of resources in an environment, a resource in the plurality of resources comprising a physical component of the environment, an object in the plurality of objects comprising a logical construct corresponding to the physical component, the object graph further including a set of analytic function instances in relation to the plurality of objects, wherein an analytic function instance is an instance of an analytic function described by an analytic function specification, the instance executing in a data processing environment, and wherein the analytic function performs an analytical computation when the instance executes in the data processing environment;

computer usable code for determining a set of analytic function dependencies;

computer usable code for receiving an information about a change in the object graph;

computer usable code for identifying a first analytic function instance in the set of analytic function instances that has to be re-executed based on the change;

computer usable code for computing a re-computation graph using the analytic function instance, wherein the re-computation graph is a portion of the object graph such that the first analytic function instance located in the portion have to be re-executed responsive to the change; and

computer usable code for presenting the re-computation graph.

8. The data processing system of claim 7, wherein the change is one of an addition, a deletion, and a modification, and wherein the change is one of (i) a first change in an object in the plurality of objects, (ii) a second change in a relationship between a first object and a second object in the plurality of objects, and (iii) a third change in a relationship between an object in the plurality of objects and an analytic function instance in the set of analytic function instances.

9. The data processing system of claim 7, wherein, the change is a change in an analytic function instance in the set of analytic function instances, wherein the change in the analytic function instance is one of (i) a first change in an input bindings, (ii) a second change in an analysis procedure, and (iii) a third change in a temporal semantics used in the analytic function instance.

10. The data processing system of claim 7, wherein the computer usable code for identifying the first analytic function instance that has to be re-executed further comprises:

computer usable code for determining whether the first analytic function instance receives an input time series from one of (i) an object that has changed, (ii) an object whose relationship has changed, and (iii) an object with which the relationship of the analytic function instance has changed, wherein the input time series comprises data produced by the physical component corresponding to the object;

computer usable code for determining whether the first analytic function instance receives the input time series that is changed as a result of (i) an object that has changed, (ii) an object whose relationship has changed, and (iii) a second analytic function instance whose relationship has changed; and

computer usable code for determining whether one of (i) the first analytic function instance, (ii) a third analytic function instance directly related to the first analytic function instance, and (iii) a fourth analytic function instance indirectly related to the first analytic function instance has changed.

11. The data processing system of claim 7, wherein the re-computation graph includes a plurality of analytic function instances from the set of analytic function instances, the plurality of analytic function instances including less than all analytic function instances in the set of analytic function instances, and wherein each analytic function instance in the plurality of analytic function instances is re-executed as a result of the change.

12. The data processing system of claim 7, wherein the computer usable code for computing the re-computation graph includes computer usable code for an iterative graph tracing of the object graph.

13. A computer implemented method for selective re-computation using analytic functions, the computer implemented method comprising:

receiving an object graph, the object graph including a plurality of objects representing a plurality of resources in an environment, a resource in the plurality of resources comprising a physical component of the environment, an object in the plurality of objects comprising a logical construct corresponding to the physical component, the object graph further including a set of analytic function instances in relation to the plurality of objects, wherein an analytic function instance is an instance of an analytic function described by an analytic function specification, the instance executing in a data processing environment, and wherein the analytic function performs an analytical computation when the instance executes in the data processing environment;

determining a set of analytic function dependencies;

receiving an information about a change in the object graph;

determining a reason for the change;

identifying a first analytic function instance in the set of analytic function instances that has to be re-executed based on the change;

computing a re-computation graph using the analytic function instance, wherein the re-computation graph is a portion of the object graph such that the first analytic function instances located in the portion have to be re-executed responsive to the change;

performing re-computations using the re-computation graph.

14. The computer implemented method of claim 13, wherein the reason for the change is an annotation included in the information about the change, the computer implemented method further comprising:

propagating the reason for the change in the re-computations.

15. The computer implemented method of claim 13, further comprising:

Preserving, in a storage medium, an input time series affected by the change in an unchanged form without the change and a form modified due to the change.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 13, wherein the change is one of an addition, a deletion, and a modification.