Data processing: artificial intelligence inventions 08/06

20060195407 - Situation dependent operation of a semantic network machine: A computer-implemented network structure includes a semantic network machine comprised of nodes containing informational contents and links containing relational contents. Relational contents describe the relationship between linked nodes. Some of the nodes are semantic Janus units. Based on time-variable states of each semantic Janus unit, the semantic Janus units perform...

20060195406 - System and method for learning ranking functions on data: A machine learning system to rank data within sets is disclosed. The system comprises a ranking module that has differentiable parameters. The system further comprises a cost calculation module that uses a cost function that depends on pairs of examples and which describes an output of the ranking module. Methods...

20060195409 - Learning control apparatus, learning control method, and computer program: A learning control apparatus for controlling a learning operation of an apparatus sensing a state of an environment and selecting a behavior based on the sensed content, includes a predictor for learning the behavior and a change in the state of the environment, and predicting a change in the state...

20060195408 - Method and apparatus to enhance cognitive functioning and its manifestation into physical form and translation into useful information: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for enhancing cognitive functioning and its manifestation into physical form and translation into useful information for improving functioning in human experience, for example, business, academic or personal endeavors....

20060195410 - Method of creating pattern for input information: A method and an apparatus operate like a human neural network to analyze and store input information and form patterns according to the input and stored information. The apparatus has a preprocessing unit (3), an activity computation unit (5), a mutual repression unit (6), and a composition unit (7). The...

20060195411 - End user data activation: A system for creating data processing tasks comprises an end-user programming module that allows an end user to associate one or more end-user-defined actions to at least one available computing component. The system also includes a rules platform that provides a binding of the one or more end-user-defined actions with...

20060195412 - Learning device interaction rules: Devices and methods are disclosed for establishing interaction among electronic devices of an environment. The device has a transmitter, receiver, memory for storing interaction rules, and a processor for learning the interaction rules in association with the transmitter, receiver, and other devices of the environment. The device also includes components...

20060190419 - Video surveillance data analysis algorithms, with local and network-shared communications for facial, physical condition, and intoxication recognition, fuzzy logic intelligent camera system: This invention relates to intelligent video surveillance fuzzy logic neural networks, camera systems with local and network-shared communications for facial, physical condition and intoxication recognition. The device we reveal helps reduce underage drinking by detecting and refusing entrance or service to subjects under legal drinking age. The device we reveal...

20060190420 - Interactive course of action analysis tool: Systems and methods are provided for generating and evaluating a plurality of courses of action (COAs) for a problem of interest having an associated set of problem characteristics. A case based reasoner generates an initial set of courses of action according to the associated problem characteristics. Each course of action...

20060184459 - Fuzzy bi-clusters on multi-feature data: A method for discovering a fuzzy bi-cluster is disclosed. The method includes reading a matrix comprising rows and columns and reading at least one input parameter specifying a fuzzy bi-cluster. The method further includes discovering in the matrix at least one fuzzy bi-cluster that was specified and storing the at...

20060184460 - Automated learning system: The present invention relates to a method of implementing, using and also testing a machine learning system. Preferably the system employs the Naïve Bayesian prediction algorithm in conjunction with a feature data structure to provide probability distributions for an input record belonging to one or more categories. Elements of the...

20060184461 - Clustering system: A group of cells are newly clustered on the basis of the result of implementing a SOM. A plurality of pieces of multivariate data are clustered via a SOM, and cells are displayed on a two-dimensional plane as rectangular or hexagonal shapes. The level of similarity between representative vectors from...

20060184462 - Methods, architecture, and apparatus for implementing machine intelligence and hierarchical memory systems: Sophisticated memory systems and intelligent machines may be constructed by creating an active memory system with a hierarchical architecture. Specifically, a system may comprise a plurality of individual cortical processing units arranged into a hierarchical structure. Each individual cortical processing unit receives a sequence of patterns as input. Each cortical...

20060184464 - System and methods for data analysis and trend prediction: Systems and methods for data analysis and trend prediction. Multiple networks are combined for analysis to improve the accuracy of the evaluation by broadening the type of criteria considered. Relevant features are extracted from a dataset and at least one network is formed representing various relationships identified among the items...

20060184463 - Visual representation tool for course of action planning: Systems and methods are provided for evaluating a plurality of courses of action according to a plurality of decision factors. A system memory contains a decision model comprising a plurality of global influence values and the plurality of courses of action. Each course of action has an associated set of...

20060184466 - Fractal memory and computational methods and systems based on nanotechnology: Fractal memory systems and methods include a fractal tree that includes one or more fractal trunks. One or more object circuits are associated with the fractal tree. The object circuit(s) is configured from a plurality of nanotechnology-based components to provide a scalable distributed computing architecture for fractal computing. Additionally, a...

20060184465 - Neural network element with reinforcement/attenuation learning: A neural network element, outputting an output signal in response to a plurality of input signals, comprises a history memory for accumulating and storing the plurality of input signals in a temporal order as history values. It also includes an output module for outputting the output signal when an internal...

20060184467 - Sensor and sensor program storage medium: where V0 indicates an input, V1 indicates an output, and ε1 indicates a delay. The pattern generator is structured by a recurrent neural network including a loop of a stream of signals. When the pattern generator fetches a detected signal input from the signal input section, and the detected signal...

20060184469 - Application usage support system: This application usage support system includes: definition-type AI that receives input information from a user, applies AI processing to this input information according to a thinking routine prepared in advance, and transfers a processing result of the AI processing to application executing unit; and a learning-type AI having a learning...

20060184468 - Automatic test program generation using extended conditional constraint satisfaction: A method for automatically generating test programs includes receiving a description of a system under test, expressed in terms of variables associated with the system and conditional constraints including semantics applied to the variables, and receiving a definition of an event to be tested in the system. The method generates...

20060184472 - Identify data sources for neural network: A system, method, and device for identifying data sources for a neural network are disclosed. The exemplary system may have a module for determining load curves for each selected data set. The system may also have a module for determining a global difference measure and a global similarity measure for...

20060184471 - Method and apparatus for learning data, method and apparatus for recognizing data, method and apparatus for generating data, and computer program: A learning apparatus for learning time series data, includes a learning unit for updating, in a self-organizing manner based on an observed value of the time series data, a time series pattern storage network including a plurality of nodes, each node having a time series pattern model representing a time...

20060184470 - Method and system for timetabling using pheromone and hybrid heuristics based cooperating agents: The present invention provides a timetabling system based on an improved ant colony optimization using pheromone and hybrid heuristics based cooperating agents. The timetabling system can provide an optimal timetable solution for a timetable problem that consists of a plurality of activities, each activity being scheduled to a start time...

20060184474 - Data analysis apparatus, data analysis program, and data analysis method: There is provided with a data analysis method including: reading out, from a database which is a set of records each including plural explanation variables and a target variable, the target variables of the records; generating a first plurality of clusters based on the read target variables of the records;...

20060184473 - Entity centric computer system: A system (100), method and media for an entity centric computer that develops, entity context by layer before analyzing, applying, distributing, maintaining, replicating and/or synchronizing the knowledge developed using said context as required and/or requested....

20060184475 - Missing data approaches in medical decision support systems: Missing data is addressed in a medical decision support system. The classifier applied to the patient record with missing data is obtained as a function of the available data. For example, one of a plurality of different classifiers is selected based on the features available in the patient record to...

20060184476 - Natural language query system for accessing an information system: An interaction system for enabling a user of information systems to interact with the information systems and a method of transmitting user queries from a speech, image or handwriting recognition system to the information systems. The interaction system is connectable to at least one recognition system and at least one...

20060184477 - Method and apparatus for optimizing a system model with gain constraints using a non-linear programming optimizer: Method and apparatus for training a system model with gain constraints. A method is disclosed for training a steady-state model, the model having an input and an output and a mapping layer for mapping the input to the output through a stored representation of a system. A training data set...

20060184479 - System and method for automatically categorizing objects using an empirically based goodness of fit technique: One or more working objects (106), e.g., email messages and texts, are categorized into one or more of a plurality of categories (112A, 112B) based on the content/attributes of each working object versus the content/attributes of objects already categorized. A category profile (154A, 154B) is created for each category from...

20060184478 - System and method for executing complex if-then clauses: Complex nested if-then statement on data objects in a digital computer are organized as a plurality of logical case statements; for each case statement, a set of binary condition arrays is provided and for each data object a condition set. Case statements are executed on the data objects for which...

20060184482 - Adaptive decision process: An adaptive decision process is disclosed for more effectively and efficiently determining and conducting information gathering and evaluation associated with decisions. The adaptive decision process integrates decision analysis, value of information analysis, design of experiment models, and the inferencing of gathered information, including experimental results. The process enables an automatic,...

20060184481 - Method and system for mining information based on relationships: A method and system for identifying information about people is provided. The information system identifies groups of people that have relationships based on their relationships to documents or more generally to objects. The information system initially is provided with an indication of which people have which relationships to which documents....

20060184488 - Method and system for trace aligned and trace non-aligned pattern statistical calculation in seismic analysis: An apparatus and method for analyzing known data, storing the known data in a pattern database (“PDB”) as a template is provided. Additional methods are provided for comparing new data against the templates in the PDB. The data is stored in such a way as to facilitate the visual recognition...

20060184480 - Method, system, and apparatus for dynamic reconfiguration of resources: A dynamic reconfiguration to include on-line addition, deletion, and replacement of individual modules of to support dynamic partitioning of a system, interconnect (link) reconfiguration, memory RAS to allow migration and mirroring without OS intervention, dynamic memory reinterleaving, CPU and socket migration, and support for global shared memory across partitions is...

20060184486 - Modular instruction using cognitive constructs: In a method and computer-implemented system of modular instruction a body of knowledge is divided into cognitive constructs, with instructional materials and post-instruction assessments being associated with each of the cognitive constructs and comprising a learning packet. The instructional material associated with each learning packet is presented to a student,...

20060184487 - Most probable explanation generation for a bayesian network: Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided to generate a most probable explanation (MPE) for a Bayesian Network (BN). A first data structure is populated by iterating from the leaves of a junction tree (derived from the BN) to the root and retaining maximum potentials along the way. A second data...

20060184483 - Predictive analytic method and apparatus: A computerized project management analytical system and method that develops and manages an ontology that links objects and is capable of being mined. The ontology is comprised of a project ontology framework, a matching engine and a project status matrix that illustrates a multi-relational view of the project status, of...

20060184485 - Systems and methods for estimating and integrating measures of human cognitive load into the behavior of computational applications and services: The present invention relates to a system and methodology for extending and making more appropriate the interactive decisions made by automated services by taking into consideration estimates of the time required by users for the cognitive processing of problems, visualizations, and content based on several factors, including the competency and...

20060184484 - Systems, program products, and methods of human resource planning and development: Systems, program products, and methods of human resources planning and development are provided. An embodiment of a system includes a first computer defining a server adapted to be in communication with a communication network and having a human resource database associated therewith, a plurality of client computers each adapted to...

20060184489 - Genetic knowledgebase creation for personalized analysis of medical conditions: A technique is disclosed for improving health care based upon genetic information. Genetic data, such as sequence data, hereditary data, and so forth, is accessed and relationships are identified with known health conditions and potential responses to the conditions. The compiled data is stored in a knowledge base for reference...

20060184490 - System and method for enterprise policy management: Apparatus for computer network management, comprising: a knowledge definer, operable for defining a knowledge module comprised of a plurality of knowledge items, hierarchically arranged according to technologies, each of the knowledge items comprising possible values for a configuration activity of one of the technologies. The apparatus further includes a policy...

20060184493 - Apparatus and method for prediction and management of participant compliance in clinical research: A system for developing and implementing empirically derived algorithms to generate decision rules to determine participant noncompliance and fraud with research protocols in clinical trials allows for the identification of complex patterns of variables that detect or predict participant noncompliance and fraud with research protocol, including performance and enrollment goals,...

20060184494 - Method and arrangement in a computer training system: The present invention relates to a computer training system for training working memory capacity of a user of a computer within the system, and a computer program to be used within said system, a first task of a first difficulty level is presented to the user, a delay of a...

20060184492 - Method, system, and program for defining and managing complex contingent rules, and exceptions thereto, in a rule-based computer system: An apparatus for storage, selective inspection, and execution of complex, contingent rules, comprises a computer having one or more central processing units, a user interface, and magnetic, optical, or other media for data and program storage and retrieval. Rules are defined partly as programs and partly as data. Access procedures...

20060184491 - Responding to situations using knowledge representation and inference: A system, apparatus and application for providing robots with the ability to intelligently respond to perceived situations are described. A knowledge database is assembled automatically, based on distributed knowledge capture. The knowledge base embodies the “common sense,” that is, the consensus, of the subjects who contribute the knowledge. Systems are...

20060184495 - Ranking items: A method of ranking items includes displaying a set of categories. Each category has a set of weights for a user to choose. Each item is associated with the set of categories. The method also includes displaying a search result based on the weights chosen by the user. The search...

20060184496 - System and method for molecular diagnosis of depression based on boosting classification: A method for diagnosing depression includes providing surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionisation mass spectrometric (SELDI-MS) data of a plurality of proteins, said data obtained from a patient and comprising a plurality of peak values, and analysing said peak values with an alternating decision tree comprising a set of tests of said data...

20060173801 - Data acquisition system: Aspects of the present invention are directed to efficiently and accurately inputting data into a computer using a digital protractor. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided for inputting data into an application program installed on the computer when an event is generated using the digital protractor. More...