Patent ID: 8660979
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: G06N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a selected set of one or more first events that have occurred within current data; identifying, by the processor, an episode set of which the selected set is a subset, the episode set including one or more second events that have occurred within historical data related to the current data; identifying, by the processor, one or more third events that occurred within the historical data within a predetermined time horizon after the one or more second events of the episode set occurred within the historical data; and, outputting, by the processor, the one or more third events as being predicted to likely occur within the current data as a result of the one or more first events having occurred within the current data, wherein identifying the one or more third events comprises employing one of a stateless event prediction approach and a stateful prediction approach, and wherein the one or more second events and the one or more third events are different from the one or more first events.