Synthetic Grouping of Processing Tasks

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for reducing processor cycles when performing a set of processing tasks, the set of processing tasks involving transforming a set of discrete inputs to a set of discrete outputs, the method comprising: identifying a unique input value from the set of discrete inputs among the set of processing tasks; performing the processing task with the unique input value to generate a discrete output; and assigning the discrete output to the processing tasks of the set of processing tasks having the same discrete input as the unique input value. Preferably, the processing tasks are assigned to a plurality of synthetic groups. The method may be used for batch processing and/or may be implemented in a cloud computing environment.

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