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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130930 | METHOD FOR DETECTION OF TUNNEL EXCAVATION BY BRILLOUIN OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY A non transitory computer readable medium and a method of detecting excavation of an underground tunnel, the method includes: propagating a light pulse through an underground optic fiber; generating detection signals responsive to Brillion scattered light resulting from... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120083933 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PREDICT POWER PLANT PERFORMANCE The present disclosure relates to the use of hybrid predictive models to predict one or more of performance, availability, or degradation of a power plant or a component of the power plant. The hybrid predictive model comprises at least two model components, one based o... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120047099 | NON-INTRUSIVE EVENT-DRIVEN PREDICTION A method, system, and computer usable program product for non-intrusive event-driven prediction of a metric in a data processing environment are provided in the illustrative embodiments. At least one set of events is observed in the data processing environment, the set ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120036098 | ANALYZING ACTIVITIES OF A HOSTILE FORCE Historical data is processed to identify possible future hostile activities in high threat environments. Pieces of the historical data are collected in computer-readable memory as memory entities, where the memory entities are categorized according to types of attacks a... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120029896 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF DRUG METABOLISM, TOXICITY, MODE OF ACTION, AND SIDE EFFECTS OF NOVEL SMALL MOLECULE COMPOUNDS A system is provided for the prediction of human drug metabolism and toxicity of novel compounds. The system enables the visualization of pre-clinical and clinical high-throughput data in the context of a complete biological organism. Substructure and similarity structu... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120023051 | SIGNAL CODING WITH ADAPTIVE NEURAL NETWORK The invention relates to sparse parallel signal coding using a neural network which parameters are adaptively determined in dependence on a pre-determined signal shaping characteristic. A signal is provides to a neural network encoder implementing a locally competitive ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110320228 | Automated Generation of Markov Chains for Use in Information Technology Disclosed are methods and systems to automatically generate a model for pro-active rather than reactive enterprise systems management. In one embodiment, a Markov Chain model is constructed from a Configuration Management Database (CMDB), Service Impact models, event lo... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320392 | METHODS FOR PREDICTING CANCER RESPONSE TO EGFR INHIBITORS The presently-disclosed subject matter relates to biomarker profiling of samples obtained from carcinoma subjects who are candidates for treatment with a therapeutic EGFR inhibitor. More specifically, the presently-disclosed subject matter provides methods of biomarker ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110302118 | FEATURE SET EMBEDDING FOR INCOMPLETE DATA Methods and systems for classifying incomplete data are disclosed. In accordance with one method, pairs of features and values are generated based upon feature measurements on the incomplete data. In addition, a transformation function is applied on the pairs of feature... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110282818 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PREDICTING GAS SATURATION OF A FORMATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS Predicting gas saturation of a formation using neural networks. At least some of the illustrative embodiments include obtaining a gamma count rate decay curve one each for a plurality of gamma detectors of a nuclear logging tool (the gamma count rate decay curves record... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282817 | ORGANIZATION-SEGMENT-BASED RISK ANALYSIS MODEL Apparatus and methods for reducing infrastructure failure rates. The apparatus and methods may compile and store data related to the organizational segments associated with the approval and implementation of an infrastructure change. Variables may be derived from the da... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276527 | BALANCE POINT DETERMINATION Systems and methods for predicting energy usage of an asset are provided. Among several implementations of methods implemented by a computer, one embodiment of a computer-implemented method includes selecting one of a plurality of base temperatures that allows a linear ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110251986 | COMBINED-MODEL DATA COMPRESSION Data compression technology (“the technology”) is disclosed that can employ two or more prediction models contemporaneously. The technology receives data from one or more sources; shifts or re-sample one of more corresponding signals; creates a prediction model of u... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110246404 | Method for Allocating Trip Sharing A method and system for allocating users as trip accompanies provides for: creating a first trip prediction algorithm, collecting input parameters, predicting by the first trip prediction algorithm using the collected input parameters as input, at least one first trip, ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110238289 | Navigation device and method for predicting the destination of a trip A navigation device and computer implemented method for predicting the destination of a trip, the method being executed by a navigation device, the method comprising the steps of: determining starting parameters, the starting parameters comprising at least the starting ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110231347 | Named Entity Recognition in Query Named Entity Recognition in Query (NERQ) involves detection of a named entity in a given query and classification of the named entity into one or more predefined classes. The predefined classes may be based on a predefined taxonomy. A probabilistic approach may be taken... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110218938 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTING AN OPTIMAL SAMPLE SET OF JOBS FOR DETERMINING PRICE MODELS FOR A PRINT MARKET PORT A system for determining price models of a print market port including a processor and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with said processor, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions for: partitioning ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110208681 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING PAST ACTIVITIES, DETERMINING HIDDEN RELATIONSHIPS AND PREDICTING FUTURE ACTIVITIES A system and method of data correlation and analysis of past activities and prediction of future activity that includes establishing a database comprising structured metadata on at least one computer and a distributed system of networked computers having a plurality of ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110196818 | INFRASTRUCTURE AND ARCHITECTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF PREDICTIVE MODELS A system that enables development and execution of predictive models comprises a centralized data management system, a data extraction tool a model validation tool and a model execution tool. In embodiments, a data management system includes a data management server tha... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110184898 | Weight-Prediction System and Method Thereof The present invention provides a weight-prediction method comprising the following steps: providing the first-period data and the second-period data of basic users and proving users, respectively; using an Artificial Neural Network method to analyze the first-period dat... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110161267 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING NEURAL NETWORKS BASED ON CONCURRENT USE OF CURRENT AND RECORDED DATA Various embodiments of the invention are neural network adaptive control systems and methods configured to concurrently consider both recorded and current data, so that persistent excitation is not required. A neural network adaptive control system of the present invent... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110153295 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING THE PERFORMANCE OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE A method for modeling the performance of a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes the steps of: 1) providing a processor; 2) inputting flight condition parameter data and engine output parameter data into a gas turbine engine model operating on the processo... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110153534 | Expression Profiles to Predict Relapse of Prostate Cancer The present invention provides a method for preparing a reference model for cancer relapse prediction that provides higher resolution grading than Gleason score alone. The method encompasses obtaining from different individuals a plurality of prostate carcinoma tissue s... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110145179 | FRAMEWORK FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF NEURAL ASSEMBLIES A framework for organization of neural assemblies. Stable neural circuits are formed by generating comprehensions. A packet of neurons projects to a target neuron after stimulation. A target neuron in STDP state is recruited if it fires within a STDP window. Recruitment... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110137821 | Calculating predictive technical indicators A suite of predictions is defined to model the financial data commonly used to calculate technical indicators one or more periods in the future. Neural networks are trained to make these predictions. The predictions are then integrated with the standard technical indica... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110137781 | Intermarket Analysis A method and a system for performing intermarket analysis. The method can include, from a pool of available markets in which at least one key intermarket has been selected and removed, selecting at least one market as a general intermarket, and removing the market selec... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110137842 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A TREE OF LINEAR CLASSIFIERS TO PREDICT A QUANTITATIVE VARIABLE A method for using predictive modeling of a physical process in order to determine and implement a solution to the physical process. The method includes analyzing the physical process to determine the relevant physical relationships, observations, data, and outcome prob... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110131164 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING A PREDICTIVE SCORE WITHOUT MODEL TRAINING A system and method for building a predictive score without model training are disclosed. A set of predictive variables is defined based on raw data fields generated from raw data from one or more sources and domain knowledge. The raw data includes a historical set of t... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110125514 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PATIENT DESTINATION PREDICTION A system and method of predicting telemetry signal dropout creates a prediction of patient destination. The method includes defining a telemetry coverage area, receiving a location of a monitored patient, recording the received location, calculating a trajectory and spe... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110112999 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING AND WARNING OF WAFER ACCEPTANCE TEST VALUE A method for predicting and warning of WAT value includes the steps as follows. A key process is selected and a WAT value after finishing the key process is used as a predictive goal. A predicting model is built. One batch or plural batches of predictive wafers are prep... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110087627 | USING NEURAL NETWORK CONFIDENCE TO IMPROVE PREDICTION ACCURACY Systems and methods may be provided for generating a prediction using neural networks. The system and methods may include training a plurality of neural networks with training data, calculating an output value for each of the plurality of neural networks based at least ... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110082823 | Thought Dynamo Decision Mapping Model The Thought Dynamo Decision (TDD) Mapping Model includes three overlapping 3-D grids that represent decisions from the perspectives of intellect, emotions and imagined outcomes. The continuums of the logic of intellect are power-powerless, good-evil and accuracy-intuiti... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110071963 | Method, System and Apparatus for Intelligent Management of Oil and Gas Platform Surface Equipment A method, system, apparatus (and related computer program) for intelligent management of oil and gas offshore and onshore platform surface equipment over a computer network is disclosed. The system utilizes a data aggregator for gathering real-time data streams from sur... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110071363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING PREDICTIVE MODELS TO DETERMINE LEVELS OF HEALTHCARE INTERVENTIONS A computer implemented method may be used for targeting patients within a population for increased medical interventions. In one embodiment, predictive models are used to determine whether a patient is likely to be near the end of life, whether the patient's healthcare ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110071970 | AUTOMATED CONTROL OF A POWER NETWORK USING METADATA AND AUTOMATED CREATION OF PREDICTIVE PROCESS MODELS Automated control of a power network is provided by: providing multiple intelligent power controllers (IPCs) associated with multiple components of the power network, each IPC being associated with a different component; obtaining at least one raw data stream representa... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110066579 | Neural network system for time series data prediction A neural network system for predicting time series data. The system receives analyzed data obtained by multiresolution analysis of the time series data. The input processing layer of the system includes a series of neurons corresponding to the different levels of analys... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110055202 | PREDICTIVE DATA CACHING A predictive model is employed to schedule preemptive queries based on frequently utilized query paths in hierarchically structured data. The predictive model determining queries likely to be executed by a user or organization is generated and dynamically modified based... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110040596 | Virtual Production Control System and Method and Computer Program Product Thereof A virtual production control system (VPCS), and a virtual production control method and a computer program product thereof are provided. At first, the VPCS processes historical work-in-process (WIP) information and a current shipping plan sent from a supplier side, ther... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035347 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING PROVIDER NONCUSTOMERS AS LIKELY ACQUISITION TARGETS The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for predicting one or more desired properties of external nodes or properties of their relations with internal nodes, based on a selected group of nodes about which it is known whether the nodes have the desi... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110029465 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM A data processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain time-series data from a wearable sensor, an activity model learning unit configured to learn an activity model representing a user activity state as a stochastic state transition model from the ... | 02/03/2011 |
