Patent Document ID: 8036997
Application ID: 11922273
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of classifying data; comprising: a) providing: i) a data set, wherein said data set comprises unique data points; and ii) software configured to run a self-organizing, self-correcting algorithm; b) inputting said data set into a processor running said algorithm; c) generating a classification of said data set, wherein said generating a classification of said data set comprises: i) removing data points not meeting a predetermined similarity criterion comprising a goodness-of-fit measure; ii) generating a first classification, wherein said first classification comprises a first classification plurality of groupings; wherein said first classification plurality of groupings comprise data points meeting said pre-determined similarity criterion that are related; iii) fitting said data points not meeting a pre-determined similarity criteria into said first classification; and iv) generating a second classification, wherein said second classification comprises a second classification plurality of groupings; wherein said second classification plurality of groupings comprise related: a) data points meeting a predetermined similarity criterion; and b) data points not meeting a pre-determined similarity criterion.