Patent ID: 7966246

Claim:
A computer implemented method for predicting the behavior of an instrument, the method using a processor coupled to a user input device and a display, the method comprising: storing a machine learning mechanism and a plurality of identified combiner processes in the processor; identifying via the processor a plurality of predictor instruments wherein each one of the plurality of predictor instruments includes associated data points defining properties of the one of the plurality of predictor instruments; displaying the plurality of predictor instruments on the display; receiving a selection of a predictor instrument from the displayed predictor instruments via the user input device; displaying the plurality of combiner processes on the display; receiving a selection of a combiner process from the displayed combiner processes via the user input device; identifying, via the processor and using the selected combiner process, linear and non-linear relationships between the associated data points of the selected predictor instrument using a machine learning mechanism; generating via the processor and based on the identified linear and non-linear relationships a prediction and a recommendation concerning an outcome of the selected predictor instrument; displaying the prediction and the recommendation on the display.