Patent ID: 8781995
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G06N,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: by one or more computing devices, receiving a query for data from one or more data sets of sensor data from one or more sensors, the query being for data that are within a range of a sensor output range, wherein the one or more data sets are represented by a first binary decision diagram (BDD), wherein the first BDD has m layers corresponding, respectively, to m variables; constructing a second BDD representing the range, wherein the second BDD has n layers corresponding, respectively, to n of the m variables, where in m≧n, wherein the range has a lower bound and an upper bound, and wherein constructing the second BDD comprises: constructing a third BDD representing the data within the range by performing an AND operation between the first BDD and the second BDD.