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Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, Or Testing > Measurement System > Statistical Measurement Statistical MeasurementStatistical Measurement patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.12/07/06 - 20060276996 - Fast tracking system and method for generalized lars/lasso The present invention provides an efficient method for tracking the solution curve of sparse logistic regression with respect to the L1 regularization parameter. The method is based on approximating the logistic regression loss by a piecewise quadratic function, using Rosset and Zhu's path-tracking algorithm on the approximate problem, and then ... 12/07/06 - 20060276995 - Automated and adaptive threshold setting A method for managing a computer system includes monitoring first violations of a service level objective (SLO) of a service running on the computer system so as to determine a first statistical behavior of the first violations. Second violations of a component performance threshold of a component of the computer ... 12/07/06 - 20060276994 - Data analysis method and recording medium recording data analysis program A data analysis method allows a correlation between variables to be efficiently extracted from a record group. A record group sort unit of a computer sorts the target record group by the magnitude of a specified variable, for instance. A record group divide-and-extract unit divides the sorted target record group ... 11/23/06 - 20060265182 - Process abnormal condition recovering operation supporting system A process abnormal condition recovering operation supporting system includes an information storing apparatus and an operation supporting apparatus. The information storing apparatus includes a data storing section which stores various data including process data, a statistics calculating section which executes statistics calculation with using stored data, and a data searching ... 11/02/06 - 20060247894 - Method and system for processing commonality of semiconductor devices A method and system for processing commonality of semiconductor devices. The method includes providing a first plurality of semiconductor devices, providing a second plurality of semiconductor devices, obtaining a first plurality of measured values corresponding to a characteristic associated with the first plurality of semiconductor devices, and obtaining a second ... 10/26/06 - 20060241903 - Apparatus and method for probabilistic population size and overlap determination, remote processing of private data and probabilistic population size and overlap determination for three or more data sets The invention determines the population size and population overlap in data containing records on the unique entities without unique identifiers for the unique entities and having at least one common type of information with a known distribution of finite expectation by decomposing probabilistic calculations. The computer determines population overlap of ... 10/26/06 - 20060241902 - Method and apparatus to group sets of computers into classes for statistical analysis A method of grouping sets of computers into a single class for statistical analysis is disclosed. The method my look at various factors to create equivalent classes of computers depending on the level of aggregation desired which then may be used to provide more statistically reliable information on the uptime ... 10/26/06 - 20060241901 - Method and system for performing searches and returning results based on weighted criteria A method and system are provided for comparing a focal product with several comparison products. First, selecting a focal product and several attributes relating to the focal product and the comparison products, standardizing and weighting the attributes, and determining for each weighted attribute an attribute score. Next, based on the ... 10/26/06 - 20060241900 - Statistical data analysis tool A functional model for a set of experimental data has K independent parameters. The parameters are to be estimated from an experimental data-set of N data points, comprising “inlier” data points representative of the model and “outlier” data points which are not representative of the model. Multiple subsets of the ... 10/19/06 - 20060235647 - On-wafer method and apparatus for pre-processing measurements of process and environment-dependent circuit performance variables for statistical analysis An on-wafer method and apparatus for pre-processing measurements of process and environment-dependent circuit performance variables improves yield/performance test and analysis throughput. An on-wafer circuit calculates the sums of multiple exponentiations of outputs of one or more measurement circuits, thereby reducing the amount of data that must be transferred from the ... 10/19/06 - 20060235646 - Methods for eliminating false data from comparative data matrices and for quantifying data matrix quality This invention provides methods for eliminating false data from a comparative analysis of analytical data matrices, such as gene expression microarrays. The invention also provides methods for quantifying the quality of data provided by such comparative assays. ... 10/12/06 - 20060229845 - Method for detection of a stable installation of a system having a rotating device therein In a method for detection of a stable installation of a system that has a rotation device mounted to rotate around a system axis and an arrangement for detection of measurement values indicative of oscillation of the rotation device, a statistical spread of the measurement values is calculated from N ... 10/12/06 - 20060229844 - Method for monitoring laboratory samples For monitoring samples to be analyzed, the samples are registered in a client data system and a lab order regarding tests to be performed is generated. A data set of each sample is transmitted to a lab system of a commissioned lab and to a sample monitoring system. Samples assigned ... 10/05/06 - 20060224357 - System and method for sensor data validation In accordance with an implementation of the present technique, a method for processing data is disclosed. The method involves analyzing consistency of sensor readings obtained from a plurality of sensors monitoring a device, where each sensor reading is indicative of at least one operational parameter of the device. The method ... 09/28/06 - 20060217926 - Method for processing a set of spectra, particularly nmr spectra A method for processing a set of spectra, particularly NMR spectra, comprises the steps of: a) selecting a principal spectral range; b) recording a plurality of principal spectra in said principal spectral range; c) obtaining a reference principal spectrum in said principal spectral range; d) carrying out, for each one ... 09/28/06 - 20060217925 - Methods for entity identification Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method, which can comprise automatically determining a probability that an entity belongs to a representation set. The representation set can be associated with a set of vectors of parameters and associated covariance matrices. Each covariance matrix can be associated with uncertainties of values comprised in ... 09/28/06 - 20060217924 - Batch processing method and system A method, computer program product, and client computer for processing, for each of the plurality of option sets, a group of initial data points, such that each initial data point includes a strike price coordinate and a volatility coordinate. A best-fit curve is generated, on a single Cartesian plane and ... 09/28/06 - 20060217923 - Policy-based approach for managing the export of network flow statistical data A policy-based approach for managing the export of network flow statistical data uses constraints and prioritization to select flow data to be exported by flow monitoring processes. According to the approach, a flow monitoring process monitors a plurality of flows at an observation point. The flow monitoring process generates flow ... 09/21/06 - 20060212262 - Method and system for selecting one or more variables for use with a statiscal model A method of selecting one or more variables for use with a statistical model, the method comprising the steps of: creating a plurality of unique subsets of variables of multivariate data; determining the performance of a discriminant rule when used with each of the subsets, the discriminant rule being based ... 08/31/06 - 20060195295 - Determining root cause of matching problem and/or fleet measurement precision problem for measurement system Methods, systems and program products are disclosed for determining whether a measurement system under test (MSUT) matches a fleet including at least one other measurement system. The invention implements realistic parameters for analyzing a matching problem including single tool precision, tool-to-tool non-linearities and tool-to-tool offsets. A bottom-line tool matching precision ... 08/31/06 - 20060195294 - Determining fleet matching problem and root cause issue for measurement system Methods, systems and program products are disclosed for determining whether a measurement system under test (MSUT) matches a fleet including at least one other measurement system. The invention implements realistic parameters for analyzing a matching problem including single tool precision, tool-to-tool non-linearities and tool-to-tool offsets. A bottom-line tool matching precision ... 08/24/06 - 20060190216 - Retro-regression residual remediation for spectral/signal identification An improved regression-based qualitative analysis algorithm useful when the mixture to be analyzed contains a compound not in the library spectra, a so-called unknown. A regression of a measured spectrum is computed against the library spectra. This regression is referred to as a “master” regression. Estimated mixing coefficients for an ... 08/17/06 - 20060184337 - Method for measuring a degree of association for dimensionally referenced data A method for measuring a degree of association (58) between, and for selectively creating a grouping (40) of, n plurality of spatially referenced physical events (22) of a predetermined physical characteristic. The method includes the steps of assembling n plurality of physical events (26), assembling a universe of possible sample ... 08/10/06 - 20060178855 - Defect size projection A system and method of inspecting semiconductor wafers that is capable of determining a scattering power associated with a wafer surface defect whether or not the scattering power associated with the defect exceeds the dynamic range of the system. The scattering power of the detected defect is obtained by determining ... 08/03/06 - 20060173652 - Method for balancing an article for rotation A method for statistically analyzing the operation of a machine for balancing articles for rotation so as to reduce measurement errors and thereby enhance productivity and quality including the steps of collecting raw data during production balancing of articles for rotation, and statistically analyzing the data to determine appropriate process ... 07/27/06 - 20060167653 - Testing system, a computer implemented testing method and a method for manufacturing electronic devices A testing system includes a testing device configured to test product characteristics of a first sample by sampling the first sample from a population; a main storage device configured to store analysis information and testing information, the testing information includes a confidence interval tolerance of the first sample; an analysis ... 07/27/06 - 20060167652 - System for characterizing a signal A system characterizes a signal by determining an uncorrelated component of the signal that includes amplitude and timing fluctuations within the signal that are not correlated with a repetitive attribute of the signal, such as a repetitive bit pattern within the signal. The system also determines a correlated component of ... 07/27/06 - 20060167651 - Multiple tool and structure analysis Measurement data sets for optical metrology systems can be processed in parallel using Multiple Tool and Structure Analysis (MTSA). In an MTSA procedure, at least one parameter that is common to the data sets can be coupled as a global parameter. Setting this parameter as global allows a regression on ... 07/20/06 - 20060161385 - Testing system, a computer implemented testing method and a method for manufacturing electronic devices A testing system includes a testing device configured to test product characteristics of a first sample by sampling the first sample from a population; a main storage device configured to store analysis information and testing information, the testing information includes a confidence interval tolerance of the first sample; an analysis ... 07/13/06 - 20060155513 - Survey system A method of conducting a survey. The method includes providing a plurality of questions to respondents, at least some questions being provided to a plurality of the respondents, collecting answers to the questions from the respondents, transfer-ring at least some of the answers to respondents other than those who generated ... 07/06/06 - 20060149503 - Methods and systems for fast least squares optimization for analysis of variance with covariants Methods, systems and computer readable media for fast linear regression for modeling effects of multiple variables on uni-variable or multi-variable outputs. The techniques are particularly advantageous for large data matrices representing nominal and/or ordinal variables in conjunction with one or more scalar variables. Because nominal variables tend to produce very ... 07/06/06 - 20060149502 - Information processing system using base sequence relevant information This invention provides a method for processing information that allows the discovery of a correlation between predetermined individual-related information and nucleotide sequence-related information concerning an individual. This method comprises: step (a) of calculating a percentage for each piece of nucleotide sequence-related information using a first occurrence frequency and a second ... 07/06/06 - 20060149501 - Apparatus and method for determining a level of confidence in a risk assessment and/or determining a level of acceptability of an event occuring An apparatus (1) for assisting a user in determining a level of confidence in a risk assessment, the apparatus comprising: input means (3) for receiving at least one of a set of factors each of which can affect the level of confidence in the risk assessment; storage means (5) for ... 06/15/06 - 20060129351 - Information processing apparatus and method for solving simultaneous linear equations First, calculations to solve a given set of simultaneous linear equations are performed using a conjugate gradient method and it is determined, each time the calculations are iterated, whether or not the calculations diverge. If it is determined that the calculations diverge, the initial value of a variable is set ... 06/08/06 - 20060122807 - Statistical methods for multivariate ordinal data which are used for data base driven decision support A method of analysis including an intrinsically valid class of statistical methods for dealing with multivariate ordinal data. A decision support system that can (1) provide automated decision support in a transparent fashion (2) optionally be controlled by a decision maker, (3) provide for an evidence acquisition concept, including automatically ... 05/25/06 - 20060111869 - Method of weighted combination specs for enhanced manufacturing yield Embodiments of the invention provide methods for enhancing the downstream product yield without significantly affecting the yield of components from which downstream products are made or enhancing yield of the components without significantly affecting the downstream product yield and performance. In one embodiment, a method comprises obtaining a failure rate ... 05/18/06 - 20060106571 - Biometric apparatus and method using bio signals A biometric apparatus and a method thereof using bio signals are provided. The apparatus includes an ADC, a periodic signal extractor, a template storing portion, a comparator. The ADC performs sampling of an input bio signal to convert the sampled bio signal into a digital signal. The periodic signal extractor ... 05/18/06 - 20060106570 - Method and system for approximating value functions for cooperative games A method and system for approximating a value functions for cooperative games. The method and system include approximating value functions for large cooperative games. The method and the system may be applicable to other types of value function problems such as those found in engineering, finance and other disciplines. ... 04/20/06 - 20060085164 - Forecast decision system and method A system and method for making a decision of whether to carry additional fuel on an aircraft for a particular flight based on a forecast, such as for low visibility and ceiling. Preferably, observations-based probabilistic forecasts are utilized. The forecast probability of the weather at the planned aerodrome being below ... 04/06/06 - 20060074589 - Method of predicting quiescent current variation of an integrated circuit die from a process monitor derating factor In exemplary embodiments, a method and computer program product for predicting quiescent current variation of an integrated circuit die include steps of: (a) receiving as input a value of a derating factor from a process monitor cell on an integrated circuit die and an on-chip variation of the derating factor; ... 04/06/06 - 20060074588 - System and method for gemstone cut grading A system for grading the cut of a diamond utilizes a number of appearance metrics to generate scores for a number of cut components that affect cut quality. These cut components include brightness, fire, scintillation, overweight, durability, polish, and symmetry. The cut grading system employs a cut grading algorithm that ... 02/16/06 - 20060036398 - Non-disruptive embedding of specialized elements A system including at least (1) specialized elements that are restricted to a particular domain of data analysis or processing and (2) configurable data that permits the specialized elements to be tailored to a particular application. The configurable data expands applicability of the specialized elements to plural applications within the ... 01/19/06 - 20060015291 - Methods and systems for data analysis The present invention provides methods of analyzing and/or displaying data. In one aspect, the invention provides methods for visualizing or displaying high dynamic range data obtained from flow cytometry analyses. Related systems and computer programs products are also provided. ... 01/05/06 - 20060004541 - Analyzer An analyzer which acquires first measured data relating to a first parameter and second measured data relating to a second parameter, the first and second measured data being obtained by measuring an analyte, formes a two-dimensional distribution chart that indicates a distribution of tangible components contained in the analyte based ... 12/29/05 - 20050288892 - Method and system for the statistical control of industrial processes The method for the control of an industrial process through an electronic processing system associated with a production line includes performing a statistical test Φ verifying the properties of a group of products obtained through the process, the power of which provides reproducibility/sensitivity information about the test and comprises the ... 12/22/05 - 20050283337 - System and method for correlation of time-series data Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for discovering time correlations among data. The method may include inputting time-series data and summarizing the time-series data at different time granularities. Additionally, the method may involve detecting change points in the time-series data, reducing a comparison of the ... 12/15/05 - 20050278141 - Method and system for processing commonality of semiconductor devices A method and system for processing commonality of semiconductor devices. The method includes providing a first plurality of semiconductor devices, providing a second plurality of semiconductor devices, obtaining a first plurality of measured values corresponding to a characteristic associated with the first plurality of semiconductor devices, and obtaining a second ... 12/15/05 - 20050278140 - Method and system for yield similarity of semiconductor devices A method and system for yield similarity of semiconductor devices. The method includes providing a first plurality of semiconductor devices, providing a second plurality of semiconductor devices, obtaining a first plurality of yields associated with a first yield, and obtaining a second plurality of yields associated with a second yield. ... 12/15/05 - 20050278139 - Automatic match tuning Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for identifying matches between disparate schemas calculates a degree of similarity between elements of two schemas using each of multiple matching processes. The calculated degrees of similarity are combined using a first weighting vector to produce first combined degrees of similarity. The first ... 11/24/05 - 20050261873 - Systems and methods for filtering and smoothing data Methods and systems for generating a curve that represents raw data are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes memory for storing a curve generation application program, a user interface, a display device, and a processor. The processor executes the stored curve generation application program and is coupled to the ... 11/17/05 - 20050256677 - System and method for measuring the performance of a data processing system The availability of a data processing system is measured on the basis of availability of each function of the system separately, rather than availability of specific machines or sub-systems. Also, aggregate availability figures are computed using weighting factors reflecting the importance of each function to the overall operation, and the ... 10/13/05 - 20050228614 - Surveying apparatus and method of analyzing measuring data Embodiments of the invention relate to a method for minimizing the influence of disturbing signals during calculation of shape elements from coordinate points. An aim of the embodiments of the invention is to exclude the coordinates which are not to be locally assigned to the desired shaped element from the ... 10/06/05 - 20050222806 - Detection of outliers in communication networks A method for detecting an outlier in a communication network, which comprises providing a first plurality of objects associated with a plurality of users, classifying this first plurality of objects in accordance with one or more pre-determined classification parameters. Based on the classifications, associating each of the first plurality of ... 09/22/05 - 20050209817 - Method and system for grading the internal condition of a pipe A method and system for ascertaining the overall internal conditions of pipes. A grading system calculates a grade for each pipe that is in the range of 1 to 100, which represents its overall condition. The system then calculates a defect type score for each defect type that factors in ... 07/28/05 - 20050165579 - Method of determining a data rate and apparatus therefor A data rate determination apparatus includes an edge detection and clock generation circuit for receiving an input bit stream. The edge detection and clock generation circuit generates a pulse for each edge detected in the input bit stream. The pulses are passed to a programmable re-triggerable monostable multivibrator circuit coupled ... 07/21/05 - 20050159920 - Determining the minimum operation and shutdown time A system and method for determining minimum operation and startup for a generator are described herein. A method and system according to the invention may include assigning a binary value to one or more commitment status variables each associated with an increment of time. The method and system may also ... 07/21/05 - 20050159919 - Method for measuring information in natural data A method for measuring an informational property of a data set. This data set can contain data which is not the product of intentionally defined informational symbols, such as electroencephalography (EEG) data. Instantiations of informational symbols are identified by the discontinuities and critical points (maxima, minima, saddle points) in the ... 07/07/05 - 20050149287 - Method and apparatus for statistical compilation A method and apparatus for statistical compilation is presented. The statistical compilation circuit includes a multi-bank memory that stores a plurality of statistics, where a statistic component portion for each statistic is stored in each of the plurality of banks in the multi-bank memory. An arbitration block is operably coupled ... 06/30/05 - 20050143951 - Statistical test method for objective verifaction of auditory steady-state responses (assr) in the frequency domain The invention relates to statistical testing method for the objective verification of auditory steady-state responses (ASSR) in the frequency domain by using a “q-sample uniform scores test” whereby only the phase angles are used. Phase angles computed by Fourier transformation are used in one embodiment example. In another embodiment example, ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |