Patent ID: 7720779
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: G06N

Abstract:
1. In a computer system, having at least one processor or virtual machine, at least one memory unit, at least one input device and at least one output device, and optionally a network and optionally memory shared among the at least one processor, a data processing method for modifying probabilistic data structures comprising the computer implemented steps of: g. creating a representation of a first event and a representation of a second event of a model system; h. creating a representation of at least one logical influential relationship between the first event and the second event; i. creating a representation of a probabilistic relational data structure incorporating probabilistic influences of the at least one logical influential relationship between the first event and the second event; j. populating the probabilistic relational data structure with a first set of probabilities representing the probabilistic influences between the first event and the second event; k. creating a modified probabilistic relational data structure while maintaining the logical influential relationships between the first event and the second event; and l. populating the modified probabilistic relational data structure with a second set of probabilities representing modified probabilistic influences between the first event and the second event while preserving the logical influential relationships between the first event and the second event.