Patent ID: 7895149

Claim:
A computerized system apparatus for reconciling opinions generated by one or more agents in relation to a predicate, comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled with the processor, the memory comprising: observed variables comprising: opinion scores, each opinion score being associated one of the opinions generated by the one or more agents in relation to the predicate; an agent id associated with each of the one or more agents; a predicate id associated with the predicate; an observed agent characteristic associated with each agent; and an observed predicate characteristic associated with each predicate; a probabilistic model comprising latent parameters, the latent parameters comprising: a truth score associated with the predicate; and an opinion predictiveness score associated with each of the opinions; and instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: estimate the latent parameters based on the observed variables using a maximum likelihood technique; and output the truth score associated with the predicate.