Patent ID: 9141708
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F,G06N,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a real-time system for making a selection from a selection structure in response to a query, the method comprising: receiving an Algebraic Decision Diagram (ADD) of the selection structure generated from a plurality of weighted rules joined by links, each of the weighted rules including a condition part that further includes at least one argument predicate, a conclusion part that further includes at least one result predicate, and a weight, the ADD generated via a sequence of operations, at least one of the operations comprising: traversing the ADD in response to the query that specifies a set of argument predicates by making a series of decisions at decision points of the ADD to reach at least one terminal node; and generating an output including one or more result predicates represented by the at least one terminal node.