Composing and executing workflows made up of functional pluggable building blocks

摘要

A platform that provides a way to automatically compose and execute even complex workflows without writing code is described. A set of pre-built functional building blocks can be provided. The building blocks perform data transformation and machine learning functions. The functional blocks have well known plug types. The building blocks can be composed build complex compositions. Input and output files are converted to a standard data type so that modules are pluggable.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
at least one processor: a memory connected to the at least one processor; and at least one program module loaded into the memory, the at least one program module providing automatic interoperability between a plurality of pluggable functional building blocks comprising at least a first pluggable functional building block and a second pluggable functional building block of a workflow by: receiving an indication of input data and a data transformation instruction, wherein at least one of the plurality of plurality of pluggable functional building blocks comprises a data transformation to be applied to the input data; and utilizing the input data and the data transformation instruction, executing the second pluggable functional building block of the plurality of pluggable functional building blocks in a runtime container wherein the runtime container automatically transforms output produced by the first pluggable functional building block into input acceptable by the second pluggable functional building block.