Patent ID: 6782372
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A computer implemented method of utilizing latent effects of prior events in making decisions about a system having an output indicative of the state of the system, said method comprising:decomposing the system into a series of subsystems, each of said subsystems having at least one input and an output, the outputs of all but one subsystems forming inputs for subsequent subsystems, the output of the last subsystem in the series being the system output; arranging said subsystems in time order according to the immediacy with which a change in an output of a subsystem causes a change in the system output, the subsystems earlier in time order providing information representative of latent effects; in series order starting with the subsystem furthest in time from the system output, using a computer to apply a non-linear function that asymptotically approaches each of a first value as the value of positive inputs increase and a second lower value as the value of negative inputs increase to determine the output for that subsystem.