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| 8117138 | Method and apparatus for location evaluation and site selection Method, apparatus and system for location evaluation and site selection, capable of effectively configuring the site network and evaluating the facility location by scientifically modeling and incorporating human knowledge are provided. In one aspect, geographic and... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117191 | XML database management system for an XML database comprising access-protected XML data The present invention concerns an XML data base management system (XDBMS, 10) for an XML database (20) comprising XML documents (30), each XML document (30) comprising one or more structural elements (35) and adhering to an XML sch... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117137 | Field-programmable gate array based accelerator system Accelerator systems and methods are disclosed that utilize FPGA technology to achieve better parallelism and flexibility. The accelerator system may be used to implement a relevance-ranking algorithm, such as RankBoost, for a training process. The algorithm and rela... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117197 | Adaptive user interface for real-time search relevance feedback A method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting the user interface of a search engine in order to effectively communicate the improved relevancy achieved through real-time implicit re-ranking of search results is described. Real-time implicit re-ranking occurs with... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112368 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for predicting a fault utilizing multi-resolution classifier fusion A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to predict faults. Initially, a plurality of features are provided to a plurality of models. A subset of features is selected for each model. The plurality of features selected by a respective model is de... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112369 | Methods and systems of adaptive coalition of cognitive agents Coalitions from interactions and adaptations of cognitive map agents are evolved using an algorithm. A population of agents are seeded with cognitive map variants characterizing different cultures or different affiliations. The algorithm evolves this population by m... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112367 | Episodic memory with a hierarchical temporal memory based system A hierarchy of computing modules is configured to (i) learn a cause of input data sensed over space and time, and (ii) determine a cause of novel sensed input data dependent on the learned cause. When determining the cause of the novel sensed input data, the computi... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108324 | Forward feature selection for support vector machines In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for training a Support Vector Machine (SVM) on a subset of features (d′) of a feature set having (d) features of a plurality of training instances to obtain a weight per instance, approximating a quality f... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108325 | Method and system for classifying data in system with limited memory Embodiments of the invention describe a method for classifying data in a system with limited memory. The method applies exemplar learning (EL) procedures to a training data set to produce an exemplar data set adapted to the size of the memory. The EL procedure is se... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108326 | Systems and methods for record linkage and paraphrase generation using surrogate learning A method of using unlabeled data to train a classifier is disclosed. In one embodiment related to record linkage, the method entails retrieving a set of candidate data records from a master database based on a least one update record. Next, a surrogate learning tech... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103675 | Predicting user-item ratings A method of predicting user-item ratings includes providing a first matrix of hidden variables associated with individual items, a second matrix of hidden variables associated with individual users, a third matrix of predicted user-item ratings derived from an inner... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099374 | Behavior estimating system A behavior estimating system is provided. According to the system, an estimated trajectory which provides the basis on which the behavior of an agent is controlled is generated according to a second model which represents a motion of an instructor in which the posit... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099373 | Object detector trained using a working set of training data An object detector that includes a number of weak classifiers can be trained using a subset (a “working set”) of training data instead of all of the training data. The working set can be updated so that, for example, it remains representative of the training dat... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095480 | System and method to enable training a machine learning network in the presence of weak or absent training exemplars Described is a system and method for training a machine learning network. The method comprises initializing at least one of nodes in a machine learning network and connections between the nodes to a predetermined strength value, wherein the nodes represent factors d... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095479 | Plant control apparatus and method having functions of determining appropriate learning constraint conditions There is provided a control apparatus including a function of generating an operation signal applied to a control subject and a model that simulates characteristics of the control subject, a function of receiving an evaluation value signal calculated based on a meas... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095482 | System and method to learn and deploy an optimal user experience in an online system Methods and systems to learn an optimal user experience. The system receives a request over a network from a user. The request includes context information. The system identifies a response to the request is to be utilized to learn whether a first interface componen... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095483 | Support vector machine—recursive feature elimination (SVM-RFE) Identification of a determinative subset of features from within a group of features is performed by training a support vector machine using training samples with class labels to determine a value of each feature, where features are removed based on their the value.... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095481 | Method and system for automatically adding new class definitions to a classification system A method and system for automatically classifying a product description into a product type based on a classification system is disclosed. Real product descriptions representing a given product type can be compared with a pre-defined set of characteristics that are ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090668 | Method for predicting cycle time A method for predicting cycle time comprises the steps of: collecting a plurality of known sets of data; using a clustering method to classify the known sets of data into a plurality of clusters; using a decision tree method to build a classification rule of the clu... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086548 | Measuring document similarity by inferring evolution of documents through reuse of passage sequences One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for estimating document similarity. During operation, the system selects a collection of documents which includes a first set of passages, constructs a passage-sequence model based on the first set of passage... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078554 | Knowledge-based interpretable predictive model for survival analysis Knowledge-based interpretable predictive modeling is provided. Expert knowledge is used to seed training of a model by a machine. The expert knowledge may be incorporated as diagram information, which relates known causal relationships between predictive variables. ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078553 | Automatic translation of contracts to policies in policy-based networks A system, method, and information processing system manage a network. At least one contract including one or more components is received at a network that uses a component based architecture. A first operation (422) in the set of operations associated with th... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078551 | Decision-support expert system and methods for real-time exploitation of documents in non-english languages A method for real-time exploitation of documents in non-English languages includes processing an input document in into a processed input document, extracting ontology elements from the processed input document to obtain a document digest (DD), statistically scoring... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078552 | Autonomous adaptive system and method for improving semiconductor manufacturing quality An autonomous biologically based learning tool system and a method that the tool system employs for learning and analysis are provided. The autonomous biologically based learning tool system includes (a) one or more tool systems that perform a set of specific tasks ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078550 | Self learning to support navigation to correct an inconsistent property Methods and systems for maintaining objects using computer self-learning to determine which user interface (UI) screen to navigate to for correcting an inconsistent property of an object are presented. In an embodiment, a data class module is used by the computer sy... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073789 | Method and system for web resource location classification and detection A method and system for identifying locations associated with a web resource is provided. The location system identifies three different types of geographic locations: a provider location, a content location, and a serving location. A provider location identifies th... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069126 | Method of ranking politically exposed persons and other heightened risk persons and entities A method for ranking politically exposed persons and/or other persons and entities that pose a heightened risk based on their importance wherein an exposure index is determined for each person in the population as a function of the existence or absence of a relation... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065241 | Learning machine that considers global structure of data A new machine learning technique is herein disclosed which generalizes the support vector machine framework. A separating hyperplane in a separating space is optimized in accordance with generalized constraints which dependent upon the clustering of the input vector... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065242 | Decision tree coalescing for document ranking Machine-learned ranking algorithms, e.g. for ranking search results, often use a sequence of decision trees involving decision nodes based on threshold values of features. Modules, systems and methods of optimizing such algorithms involve analyzing threshold feature... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060455 | Hot term prediction for contextual shortcuts Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to predicting hot terms, and may also relate to creating contextual shortcuts based, at least in part, on the predicted hot terms. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060454 | Method and apparatus for improved reward-based learning using nonlinear dimensionality reduction The present invention is a method and an apparatus for reward-based learning of management policies. In one embodiment, a method for reward-based learning includes receiving a set of one or more exemplars, where at least two of the exemplars comprise a (state, actio... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060456 | Training a search result ranker with automatically-generated samples A search result ranker may be trained with automatically-generated samples. In an example embodiment, user interests are inferred from user interactions with search results for a particular query so as to determine respective relevance scores associated with respect... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055593 | Learning classifiers for multiple-label data analysis A method for multiple-label data analysis includes: obtaining labeled data points from more than one labeler; building a classifier that maximizes a measure relating the data points, labels on the data points and a predicted output label; and assigning an output lab... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055638 | Providing recent history with search results A system, method, and medium are provided for presenting a user-interface to a user during a search session that includes information about the user's search history during that search session. A search session is instantiated, and search queries, search results, us... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055592 | Clustering data objects A system for clustering data objects includes a module for calculating an importance value of at least one member in a first data object represented as a variable length vector of 0 to N members and a clustering module for dynamically forming a plurality of clusters... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055594 | Proactive detection of metal whiskers in computer systems One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that proactively monitors and detects metal whisker growth in a target area within a computer system. During operation, the system collects target electromagnetic interference (EMI) signals using one or more ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055595 | System and method for supporting the utilization of machine learning A system and method is disclosed which integrates a machine learning solution into a large scale, distributed transaction processing system using a supporting architecture comprising a combination of computer hardware and software. Methods of using a system comprisi... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051049 | Method and system for providing enhanced matching from customer driven queries A system for providing enhanced matching for database queries. The system includes a data source; a data repository comprising a single-sourced reference file; a database comprising a multi-sourced reference file, the multi-sourced reference file having a first uniq... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041652 | Measuring web site satisfaction of information needs using page traffic profile A method, system, and computer program product for measuring web site satisfaction of information needs are provided. The method includes: selecting a page for analysis; generating a page profile in the form of a list of keywords representing the page; generating a ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041653 | Method and system for a hierarchical temporal memory utilizing a router hierarchy and hebbian and anti-hebbian learning Methods and systems for constructing biological-scale hierarchically structured cortical statistical memory systems utilizing fabrication technology and meta-stable switching devices. Learning content-addressable memory and statistical random access memory circuits ... | 10/18/2011 |
