Patent ID: 6282532
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for multi-dimensional pattern analysis of large volumes of data in a large database (1, 11) in order to distinguish tendencies to co-variations, complex causal connections and developments in time, the data in the database being divided into objects and variables, the device comprising: grouping means (2, 12) for user-controlled grouping of variables to dimensions and of objects to categories, said object-grouping adapted to be effected according to a variable or a dimension, a memory for storing the thus formed aggregated database (3, 13), processing means (4, 14) for sorting the items of the aggregated database (3, 13), and a presentation means (16) comprising control means (17), said presentation means (16) being arranged to graphically present the contents of the aggregated database (3, 13), and the control means (17) serving to control the presentation.