Patent ID: 9147273
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G06T,G16B

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for modeling and analyzing relational data represented in a network including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of connections between the nodes, the method comprising: assigning a vector of at least two attributes to a connection between two nodes in the network, each of the at least two attributes having a corresponding weight, each of the corresponding weights being greater than 0 and less than or equal to 1; generating a set of possible dendrograms for the network; determining a first likelihood of each dendrogram in the set, wherein the first likelihood is based on the weight of a first attribute of the vector of at least two attributes of the connection; determining a second likelihood of each dendrogram of the set, wherein the second likelihood is based on the weight of a second attribute of the vector of at least two attributes of the connection, the second attribute being different from the first attribute; selecting one of the dendrograms from the set based on the product of the first likelihood and the second likelihood; and outputting the selected dendrogram via an output device, wherein there is no more than one connection between any two nodes of the nodes, and wherein a first weight of a first connection of the connections has a value different from a second weight of a second connection of the connections.