Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for solving stochastic problems using probability distribution samples
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Application No.: US14083850Application Date: 2013-11-19
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Publication No.: US09659255B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Eric M. Jonas , Vikash K. Mansinghka
- Applicant: salesforce.com, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
- Current Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: G06E1/00
- IPC: G06E1/00 ; G06E3/00 ; G06F15/00 ; G06G7/00 ; G06N99/00 ; G06N7/00 ; G06N5/04

Abstract:
Techniques described herein may be used to solve a stochastic problem by dividing the stochastic problem into multiple fragments. In some cases, each fragment may be related to a random variable that forms a part of the problem, such that each fragment may produce samples from a probability distribution for that variable. Each fragment of the stochastic problem may then be assigned to a configurable circuit to solve the stochastic fragment. Configurable circuits may be implemented using any suitable combination of hardware and/or software, including using stochastic circuitry. In some embodiments, stochastic circuitry may include a stochastic tile and/or a stochastic memory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140081899A1 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR SOLVING STOCHASTIC PROBLEMS USING PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION SAMPLES Public/Granted day:2014-03-20
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