Method and apparatus for recycling information fragments in information spaces

摘要

An approach is provided for recycling information fragments in information spaces. An information management system detects a plurality of information management processes occurring in an information space. The information management processes retrieve one or more information fragments from the information space. The information management system then determines a sequence of states for each of the plurality of information management processes over a period of time and calculates a state trajectory from each of the sequence of states. The calculated state trajectories are used to predict a finite set of possible future states. The information management system uses the prediction to determine which of the one or more information fragments are recyclable and preserves the recyclable information fragments for responding to a subsequent request directed to the information space.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
detecting a plurality of information management processes occurring in an information space, wherein the information management processes retrieve one or more polynomial-based information fragments from the information space, wherein one or more of the information fragments were retrieved in response to a previous request directed to the information space, and the one or more of the information fragments are composed of irreducible polynomials of a plurality of degrees; determining a sequence of states for each of the plurality of information management processes over a period of time; calculating a state trajectory based, at least in part, on each of the sequences of states; predicting a finite set of possible future states based, at least in part, on the calculated state trajectories; determining which of the one or more information fragments are recyclable based, at least in part, on the prediction; and preserving the recyclable information fragments for responding to a subsequent request directed to the information space.