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Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, Or Testing > Measurement System > Statistical Measurement > Probability Determination Probability DeterminationProbability Determination 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.11/23/06 - 20060265185 - System for identification of defects on circuits or other arrayed products A system and method is disclosed for assessing a probability of failure of operation of a semiconductor wafer. The method includes inputting risk factor data into a memory and inputting a plurality of wafers into a semiconductor fabrication manufacturing process. A subset of wafers is selected to obtain a sample ... 11/23/06 - 20060265184 - Method and system for analyzing data for low density sample space The present invention is directed to a method of and a system for analyzing test scores obtained from a sample space based on a plurality of scales, each scale including at least one test score. A preference is known regarding each member of the sample space. The method includes generating ... 11/23/06 - 20060265183 - Method and apparatus for determining engine part life usage A method for determining an engine part life usage of a gas turbine engine life limited part used on an aircraft. The method includes operating a gas turbine engine that includes a plurality of rotating components and a plurality of sensors configured to monitor a plurality of gas turbine engine ... 11/16/06 - 20060259272 - Wizard for answering support inquiries A customer support wizard that compares customer data with attributes of support notes to identify which notes are relevant, and to systematically shrink the number of candidate notes by asking the customer questions. Questions are selected based on an analysis of the attributes of the remaining candidate notes. If no ... 11/16/06 - 20060259271 - Method and system for predicting remaining life for motors featuring on-line insulation condition monitor A method for determining reliability and a remaining time before failure with statistical confidence for a motor system includes acquiring historical motor data in a computer system, obtaining operational parameter data, uploading the operational parameter data to the computer system, performing failure analysis, developing a causal network, and performing an ... 11/09/06 - 20060253267 - Method of information analysis The present invention is directed to a method for information analysis used to discriminate between biased and unbiased fits. A goodness-of-fit parameter becomes a quantity of interest for analysis of multiple measurements and does so by replacing a likelihood function with a probability of the likelihood function W(L|α). The probability ... 10/26/06 - 20060241904 - Determination of standard deviation One embodiment of the invention provides a method for determining the standard deviation of a data sample. The method considers the distribution of the data in the context of cumulative probability. The empirical probability of a plurality of values is determined. The quantiles of the normal distribution for each empirical ... 08/24/06 - 20060190217 - Particle sampling method and sensor fusion and filtering method Disclosed is a technique for obtaining an_estimate and variance of each variable based on a constraint manifold. Particles (or samples) are sampled in order to filter and fuse ambiguous data or information on at least one state variable of a system using the particles. The sampling is carried out in ... 07/27/06 - 20060167655 - Classification using probability estimate re-sampling Embodiments of a computer-implemented method of calculating estimates of a joint posterior probability of class membership given combinations of attribute values of a pair of attributes are disclosed. The calculating is performed on the basis of data representing a training set of a plurality of instances defined by attribute values ... 07/27/06 - 20060167654 - Identification of effective elements in complex systems Apparatus for analysis of a complex system comprising elements to determine the effective elements of a system in carrying out a given task, the apparatus comprising: a sampler for carrying out successive silencing operations comprising silencing elements and combinations of elements of the system and measuring results of the given ... 07/20/06 - 20060161386 - Weighing system using electromagnetic force compensation A weighing system, using the principle of electromagnetic force compensation, which includes a permanent magnet system (14) having an air gap, a shielding cover (12), a coil (13) located inside the air gap, a transmission lever (7) to whose longer lever arm the coil is attached, and upon whose shorter ... 06/22/06 - 20060136172 - Method for modeling detection of camouflaged targets The methods for determining the probability of detection of a thermally camouflaged target at various ranges by the sensor includes determining an “inherent” temperature difference, ΔTRSS, between the target and its immediate surroundings. Once ΔTRSS is determined, a scaled N50 cycle criterion, or the number of resolvable cycles needed by ... 05/25/06 - 20060111870 - Method and system for joint battery state and parameter estimation A method and apparatus for estimation of the augmented state of an electrochemical cell, the method comprising: making an internal augmented states prediction of the cell where the augmented state comprises at least one internal state value and at least one internal parameter value; making an uncertainty prediction of the ... 05/18/06 - 20060106573 - Method for ambiguity resolution in location determination A method using various heuristics techniques for resolving ambiguity in location determination in environments with or without noise. A final location determination solution may be determined from a set of ambiguous location determination solutions by using clock temporal bias value, by using consistency information of ranging signal order such as ... 05/18/06 - 20060106572 - Method for evaluating processes for manufacturing components Embodiments of the present invention pertain to methods of evaluating processes for manufacturing components. In one embodiment, an average probability of a first component to fail is calculated based on a measurement of a parameter where the first component was built using a new process. Another average probability of a ... 05/11/06 - 20060100821 - System and method for online end point detection for use in chemical mechanical planarization The present invention is an online methodology for end point detection for use in a chemical mechanical planarization process which is both robust and inexpensive while overcoming some of the drawbacks of the existing end point detection approaches currently known in the art. The present invention provides a system and ... 05/04/06 - 20060095229 - Method for comparing a value to a threshold in the presence of uncertainty A method for deciding the relationship between a physical property and a threshold, comprising measuring a physical property to obtain a measured value, calculating the distribution of actual values for the physical property, calculating the error distribution of the obtained measured value, calculating the penalty associated with an erroneous decision, ... 02/16/06 - 20060036399 - Adaptive discriminative generative model and application to visual tracking A system and a method are disclosed for an adaptive discriminative generative model with a probabilistic interpretation. As applied to visual tracking, the discriminative generative model separates the target object from the background more accurately and efficiently than conventional methods. A computationally efficient algorithm constantly updates the discriminative model over ... 12/15/05 - 20050278142 - Postal image augmented bio-warfare aerosolized agent trigger A method and apparatus for reliably detecting bio-warfare agents in the mail stream that may be released from posted items. The agents are detected as the mail pieces are being processed using typical postal automation machines equipped with image scanning capabilities. The detection problem is solved combining two technologies. The ... 12/08/05 - 20050273296 - Neural network model for electric submersible pump system An apparatus and method is disclosed for modeling an electric submersible pump using a neural network, data from a deterministic model, and, optionally, data obtained from a real world electric submersible pump. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will ... 11/24/05 - 20050261874 - Method and arrangement and computer programme with programme code means and computer programme products for the analysis of neuronal activities in neuronal areas In a method, arrangement and computer program for analysis of neuronal activities in neuronal areas, signals are recorded, with each signal describing the neuronal activity in one of the neuronal areas. A matchable coupling forms the basis of all signals, described by the use of matchable coupling parameters that describe ... 11/17/05 - 20050256680 - Exponential priors for maximum entropy models The subject invention provides for systems and methods that facilitate optimizing one or mores sets of training data by utilizing an Exponential distribution as the prior on one or more parameters in connection with a maximum entropy (maxent) model to mitigate overfitting. Maxent is also known as logistic regression. More ... 11/17/05 - 20050256679 - Adaptive data collection One embodiment of the present invention separates the region of measurement space into a plurality of sub-regions and calculates a confidence, for reconstruction of an underlying signal within said space, corresponding to each of the sub-regions. This embodiment can then accept measurements from mobile measuring devices within said measurement space ... 11/17/05 - 20050256678 - Confidence blanket for randomly-located measurements Embodiments of the present invention reconstruct an underlying phenomenon without the need for predicting a functional form for that signal, by establishing an upper bound and a lower bound for the value of the phenomenon at every point within a measurement space. By acquiring a large enough number of measurements ... 11/10/05 - 20050251361 - Methods and apparatus for handling test number collisions Apparatus for handling test number collisions comprises program code stored on computer readable media. The code, in response to a collision between first and second test numbers, automatically adjusts the second test number in response to a collision tracking value associated with the first test number, thereby eliminating the collision. ... 10/20/05 - 20050234679 - Sequential selective integration of sensor data This invention is generally related to sequential methods and apparatus that permit the measurements from a plurality of sensors to be combined or fused in a robust manner. For example, the sensors can correspond to sensors used by a mobile device, such as a robot, for localization and/or mapping. The ... 10/13/05 - 20050228616 - Method and system for providing fast design for testability prototyping in integrated circuit designs Method and system for providing a computer implemented process of performing design for testability analysis and synthesis in an integrated circuit design includes partitioning each logic block in an integrated circuit design based on one or more boundaries of multi-cycle initial setup sequence, excluding the one or more logic blocks ... 10/06/05 - 20050222807 - Method and system for determining occurrence of slips leading to falls The present invention provides a system and method for the prediction of macroslip on walkway surfaces. The slip prediction is based on a viscous shear model and incorporates anthropometric characteristics of an individual or substantially similar grouping of individuals as well as properties of the walkway surface. In the shear ... 09/29/05 - 20050216227 - Method of operating sensor net and sensor apparatus Embodiments of the present invention are directed to sensor nets from which data is extracted using mobile devices. Sensor devices within the sensor nets record access attempts by mobile devices. Using the recorded access attempts, the probabilities of future access to respective sensor devices are calculated. Collection points are selected ... 07/28/05 - 20050165580 - Exponential priors for maximum entropy models The subject invention provides for systems and methods that facilitate optimizing one or mores sets of training data by utilizing an Exponential distribution as the prior on one or more parameters in connection with a maximum entropy (maxent) model to mitigate overfitting. Maxent is also known as logistic regression. More ... 07/21/05 - 20050159921 - On-line experimentation An automated system for experimentation includes an experiment engine which can define an experiment relating to various treatments for a set of content elements. The experiment engine conducts the experiment over a data network. An observation module collects observation data relating to user behavior for each treatment. A scripting/scheduling engine ... 07/14/05 - 20050154556 - System and method of identifying individuals of influence This invention relates to a system and method for identifying target individuals who possess certain characteristics statistically indicative of their ability to influence others in their decision making regarding consumer goods, consumer products, political issues or candidates, financial matters, investments, real estate, insurance, travel and leisure, by non-limiting example. The ... 07/07/05 - 20050149289 - Method for performing a reactive hazard incident review and feedback to safety analysis of a product or system A method for analyzing a product for safety in view of a safety incident associated with the product including: comparing the safety incident to a plurality of previously analyzed safety incidences stored in safety documentation for the product and selecting one of said safety incidences based on the comparison; conducting ... 06/30/05 - 20050143952 - Method for generating multivariate analysis model expression for processing apparatus, method for executing multivariate analysis of processing apparatus, control device of processing apparatus and control system for processing apparatus According to the present invention, multivariate analysis model expressions are generated for a plasma processing apparatus 100A and a plasma processing apparatus 100B by executing a multivariate analysis of detection data provided by a plurality of sensors included in each plasma processing apparatus when the plasma processing apparatuses 100A and ... 06/02/05 - 20050119859 - Optimal surface mitigated multiple targeting system (osmmts) A set of analytical methods and a processing system to produce, in real time, an error-bounded, self-monitoring and self-adjusting, likelihood-based Target Position Report for arbitrarily many self-identifying targets in a two-dimensional grid. Each target sends identifying information to an array of sensors strategically placed in its vicinity to maximize the ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |