Patent Document ID: 5544281
Application ID: 08217437
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of supporting decision making for predicting future time-series data by using measured values of time-series data stored in a means for storing and knowledge stored in a knowledge base, said knowledge being related to interpretation and prediction of said time series data, the method comprising the steps of: (a) preparing in said means for storing a plurality of time-series data in an order of time-serial points corresponding to said time-series data; (b) storing to said knowledge base said knowledge which includes reference to the time-series data using a relative time interval from said time-series data; (c) designating one of said time-serial points of said time-series data stored in the step (a); (d) subtracting said relative time interval in said knowledge from said designated time-serial point to determine the time-serial point corresponding to the time-series data, and inferring said future time-series data by using said knowledge and said time-series data to determine a predicted result; (e) comparing said predicted result to said measured value of said time-series data, and storing difference information related to a difference between said predicted result and said measured value; (f) continuously resetting said designated time-serial point designated in the step (e) for a designated period of said time serial-point, and repeating the steps (d) and (e); and (g) statistically processing said difference corresponding to each of said designated time serial points and outputting to an outputting means a statistically processed result.