Patent Document ID: 9536201
Application ID: 13668246
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a dataset; searching the dataset to identify a pair of variables that have a relationship with one another by: (a) iteratively evaluating combinations of placements of a fixed number of vertical and horizontal partitions of a two-dimensional scatterplot of the data in the dataset, each combination of vertical (y) and horizontal (x) partitions representing a grid of cells upon which data in the scatterplot induce a probability distribution whose mutual information score can be calculated; (b) based on the mutual information scores, identifying a grid that results in a highest mutual information score; (c) repeating steps (a)-(b) for each x-by-y grid resolution up to a maximal grid resolution; and (d) storing, in a matrix, and for each grid resolution, a normalized highest mutual information score; generating a network graph based on the matrix, wherein the variables in the dataset are represented in the network graph by nodes, and relationships between nodes are represented by edges; and performing a data analysis on the dataset using the normalized highest mutual information score as represented in the network graph.