Patent ID: 8805998
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: a computer obtaining a first load activity data corresponding to activity at a first load over a time period; a computer obtaining a second load activity data corresponding to activity at a second load over the time period; a computer obtaining a first source activity data corresponding to activity at a first source over the time period; a computer obtaining a second source activity data corresponding to activity at a second source over the time period; a computer calculating, using a correlation coefficient, an association cost metric between: a computer using a lower bounding function for indexing time series to eliminate at least one pair, comprising one of the first load activity data and the second load activity data and one of the first source activity data and the second source activity data, that is not a best match; and a computer matching the first load to one of the first source and the second source and matching the second load to one of the first source and the second source according to an optimization criteria applied to the calculated association cost metrics, wherein a higher similarity corresponds to a lower association cost metric and the optimization criteria corresponds to minimizing a sum of the association cost metrics.