Patent ID: 11915160
Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for probabilistically forecasting a state of hardware components, the method comprising:
obtaining a plurality of data items corresponding to a hardware component;
performing an analysis to determine a hardware failure of the hardware component, wherein the analysis comprises:
making a first prediction that the hardware component should be associated with a first label, wherein the first label indicates that the hardware component is predicted to be in a failed state;
performing, based on the first prediction and using the plurality of data items and the first label, a first comparison of the hardware component to a plurality of other hardware components previously predicted to have the first label to obtain a first percentage of matches;
performing, based on the first prediction and using the plurality of data items and the first label, a second comparison of the hardware component to a second plurality of other hardware components previously predicted to have a second label to obtain a second percentage of matches;
making a second prediction that the hardware component should be associated with a second label, wherein the second label indicates that the hardware component is predicted to be in a normal state;
performing, based on the second prediction and using the plurality of data items and the second label, a third comparison of the hardware component to the plurality of other hardware components previously predicted to have the first label to obtain a third percentage of matches; and
performing, based on the second prediction and using the plurality of data items and the second label, a fourth comparison of the hardware component to the second plurality of other hardware components previously predicted to have the second label to obtain a fourth percentage of matches;
generating a results matrix based on the first percentage of matches, the second percentage of matches, the third percentage of matches, and the fourth percentage of matches, wherein the results matrix represents a prediction of whether the hardware component is likely to be in a failed state within a timeframe;
displaying on a display the results matrix; and

replacing the hardware component based on the analysis.