Patent ID: 7392232
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: G06N

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for creating a matrix for sharing knowledge within at least one community, said matrix comprising at least one of a plurality of processes performed by an entity correlated with a desired outcome produced by the process, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of entities, wherein each entity executes at least one of the plurality of processes; identifying a plurality of outcomes, wherein each of the plurality of processes produces at least one of said outcomes; creating and storing a matrix that correlates said plurality of outcomes with said plurality of entities, wherein each pair of said outcomes and said entities is represented by a point on said matrix; and for a first of said plurality of processes which is performed by a first of said entities and which produces a first of said outcomes, indicating said first of said plurality of processes at a first point on said matrix which corresponds to a pair of said first entity and said first outcome, wherein said matrix is shared within at least one community.