Patent ID: 8832120
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-based method of determining a weirdness score for variables within a data set, said method performed using a computer coupled to a database, said method comprising: receiving a selection of a first variable included within the data set, wherein the first variable is defined by a measure, a time period, and a plurality of entities; calculating a plurality of parameters for the first variable, wherein each of the plurality of parameters is calculated based at least in part on a deviation of a measured value of the first variable from a predicted value of the first variable; calculating a rank for each of the plurality of parameters for the first variable by: calculating a weirdness score for the first variable, wherein the weirdness score is indicative of how unexpected the measured value of the first variable is, and wherein the weirdness score depends on the calculated rank of each of the plurality of parameters for the first variable.