Patent ID: 7702714

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of evaluating a correlation between a plurality of time-series data, operable in an information processing system, comprising the steps of: obtaining a plurality of observed data from a database stored on a computer, the observed data including time-series data; executing a program resident and operable in the information processing system comprising a computer with a central processing unit to: calculate two-body cross cumulants of degree three or higher, the calculated two-body cross cumulants indicating a nonlinear correlation existing between a first time-series data and a second time-series data, the first and second time-series data being obtained as a result of observing, in time sequence, each part of an observation object, for each combination of the first time-series data and the second time-series data; prerecord, in a record section, two-body cross cumulants indicating a correlation existing between a first time-series data and a second time-series data under normal conditions; determine a combination of time-series data in which a differential value between the prerecorded two-body cross cumulants and the calculated two-body cross cumulants is larger than a predetermined reference value, the determined combination of time series data indicating a part causing an abnormal condition in the observation object; and output the determined combination of time series data indicating a part causing an abnormal condition for display at a user terminal.