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6064971 Adaptive knowledge base  
A method to operate a computerized adaptive knowledge base. The contents and organization of the adaptive knowledge base evolve based on the contributions and evaluations of a user community....
6064998 System, method and article of manufacture for a simulation engine with an expert system example processing engine  
A system is disclosed that provides a goal based learning system utilizing a rule based expert training system to provide a cognitive educational experience. The system provides the user with a...
6058387 Dynamic information architecture system and method  
A dynamic information architecture system and method for coupling one or more independent computer models to a computer expert system. A context manager establishes the couplings at run-time based...
6052676 Adaptive hypermedia presentation method and system  
In a computer system comprising a hypermedia computing environment, the presentation of hypermedia objects is adapted to usage of the system. The frequency with which hypermedia objects are used is...
6049794 System for screening of medical decision making incorporating a knowledge base  
A System for screening of medical decision making is described. The system runs on a personal computer, and incorporates a knowledge base containing the data required to perform the screening, as...
6040842 Process control with evaluation of stored referential expressions in a multi-agent system adapted for use with virtual actors which are directed by sequentially enabled script agents  
A rule-based data processing apparatus includes a processor coupled with at least first and second stores. The first store holds respective defining rule-sets for two or more groups of agents. The...
6032142 Autonomous compound agents  
In a rule-based processor, populations of component agents are enabled to self-assemble into compound agents such as to give a degree of distributed artificial intelligence in a relatively simple...
6026387 Consumer comment reporting apparatus and method  
A consumer feedback apparatus for collecting, analyzing, and reporting information on goods and services offered for sale to consumers by providers, comprising a recording station selectively...
6026393 Configuration knowledge as an aid to case retrieval  
A method and system for reducing the number of cases in a cased based reasoning system that are considered applicable to a current problem for a specific complex apparatus. In addition to a...
6018732 System, method and article of manufacture for a runtime program regression analysis tool for a simulation engine  
A system is disclosed that provides a goal based learning system utilizing a rule based expert training system to provide a cognitive educational experience. The system provides the user with a...
6006213 Method for learning data processing rules from graph information  
A learning method for performing a method of inductively learning rules from machine data, and a method for analyzing an inference process to learn rules useful for increasing efficiency by a...
6003021 System, method and article of manufacture for a simulation system for goal based education  
A system is disclosed that provides a goal based learning system utilizing a rule based expert training system to provide a cognitive educational experience. The system provides the user with a...
5999182 Computational architecture for reasoning involving extensible graphical representations  
A computer architecture supports reasoning tasks involving information represented in graphical form. The architecture supports the creation, storing, display, and editing of a partially ordered...
5987445 Delta learning system for using expert advice to revise diagnostic expert system fault hierarchies  
A delta learning system takes as an initial fault hierarchy (KB 0 ) and a set of annotated session transcripts, and is given a specified set of revision operators where each operator within a group...
5987473 Interactive configuration via network  
There is provided a method of controlling the flow of information in a client/server system for interactive configuration, wherein a request to a rule base is processed, comprising the steps of:...
5974457 Intelligent realtime monitoring of data traffic  
The invention features a system and method to enable real-time establishment and maintenance of a standard of operation for a data communications network. The standard is a data set which includes...
5963931 Computer-assisted decision management system  
A system for assisting a user in making decisions on a task through the asking of questions about the task and providing answer choices to the questions for the user. The system includes a set of...
5950182 Method and apparatus for automatically constructing a data flow architecture  
An automatic data flow architecture builder is disclosed that is operable to take raw data which is stored in a raw data buffer (60) and transform it for storage in a transformed data buffer (78)....
5940817 Problem solving method and system  
To generate a problem solving plan and/or a system control plan respectively in association with the contents of the problem and/or the system operation conditions, there are disposed element...
5905977 Method for automatic demonstration  
The invention relates to a method for automatic proving theorems describing physical systems in first order logic. This method is used to produce complex systems and is implemented with the aid of...
5903885 Data processing apparatus event cause determination  
A data processing apparatus comprises a first memory (212) storing a set of rules, each in the form of at least one specific behavior defining a condition and at least one further behavior defining...
5897630 System and method for efficient problem determination in an information handling system  
The present invention is directed to a system and method for system problem determination in an information handling system. The present invention is a seamless collection of parts that provides...
5893083 Methods and apparatus for monitoring events and implementing corrective action in a computer system  
Apparatus for assisting management of services provided by a computer system includes an inferencing engine (30) for carrying out inferencing operations on a declarative model (24) of a service,...
5890146 Adaptive process modelling and control  
A rule-based data processing system includes a memory having stored therein a number of groups of agents. Each group is defined by respective sets of rules, with the system running the respective...
5890145 Cooperative reasoning apparatus  
In a cooperative reasoning apparatus comprises a plurality of problem solving units for cooperatively solving various problems and replication unit for replicating a corresponding problem solving...
5887120 Method and apparatus for determining theme for discourse  
A content processing system determines content of input discourse. The content processing system includes a theme vector processor that determines themes in the input discourse. The theme vector...
5877961 Electronic support work station and method of operation  
A computer-controlled electronic support system includes an electronic work station with a display screen and pointing device coupled to a central processing unit where an operator performs an...
5875284 Neuro-fuzzy-integrated data processing system  
The present invention relates to a data processing system in a hierarchical network configuration for executing applicable data processes in a comprehensible and executable form. The present...
5842193 Knowledge based planning and analysis (KbPA)™  
A knowledge based planning and analysis system (30) is provided which includes a toolset (32) of expert systems and a knowledge base, or object repository (40). The system (30) assists a user in...
5835682 Dynamical system analyzer  
A dynamical system analyser (10) incorporates a computer (22) to perform a singular value decomposition of a time series of signals from a nonlinear (possibly chaotic) dynamical system (14)....
5831850 Method and device for control over an admissable range with contextual anticipation using fuzzy logic  
For controlling physical quantities in industrial plants, and particularly in the crude oil processing industries, the chemical and papermaking industries and gas, power stations and distribution...
5822743 Knowledge-based information retrieval system  
A method and system for assisting a user in solving a new problem case within a selected domain, such as a complex apparatus. The method comprises the steps of providing a case database comprising...
5819259 Searching media and text information and categorizing the same employing expert system apparatus and methods  
An expert system apparatus employs a rule base and a knowledge base to perform media searching. The rule base is specified by means of a series of selected keywords and phrases which are entered in...
5819249 Tax coding expert system  
An analysis protocol embodied in an expert system is articulated into portions to provide optimization of ease of use consistent with ease of design and updating of expert information contained...
5819007 Feature-based expert system classifier  
A method and apparatus for classifying an input as belonging to one of a plurality of predefined classes, comprises: (a) developing a plurality of feature values and forming a feature vector from...
5809212 Conditional transition networks and computational processes for use interactive computer-based systems  
A conditional transition network for representing a domain of knowledge in a computer based system and computational procedures for use with the same is here presented. Each node of the network...
5808891 Method for creating a direct hot charge rolling production schedule at a steel plant  
A scheduling method suitable for use in a primary steel production area operating in either direct rolling or direct hot charge rolling modes, collectively referred to as synchronized rolling. The...
5806060 Interactive data analysis employing a knowledge base  
An information retrieval system implemented as a virtual data base management system which uses a knowledge base management system to provide a problem-oriented conceptual schema for one or more...
5799294 Method for finding cause of abnormal event in support of plant operation  
The accuracy of finding a cause from factors cited by means of a MYCIN method by narrowing down such factors is improved. With respect to deriving events which would not possibly occur if a...
5799295 Constraint-based spreadsheet system capable of displaying a process of execution of programs  
A constraint-based spreadsheet system includes a direction discrimination section, a dependence information generating section, a program execution process information generating section, and a...
5797135 Software structure for data delivery on multiple engines  
An object-oriented decision structure usable by different diagnostic software engines defines a knowledge base that includes a problem, a symptom of the problem, a solution, and case in which the...
5787234 System and method for representing and retrieving knowledge in an adaptive cognitive network  
An adaptive learning system in which knowledge is represented in the form of discrete concepts that are associated with one another. Each such association of concepts is called a case. In...
5784540 Systems for solving spatial reasoning problems via topological inference  
New methods of manipulating topological regions and properties have been discovered. These novel methods simplify complex spatial design problems. In some cases, the methods provide solutions or...
5778150 Flexible procedural attachment to situate reasoning systems  
The method of the invention enables the situating of reasoning engines which have the capability to store premises as knowledge representation expressions, as well as to conclude knowledge...
5778155 Method and apparatus for selecting among competing facts to achieve the desired calculation  
A rules-based method and apparatus for discriminating amongst a plurality of facts to arrive at a best result applies at least three primary decision-making rules, ie. (1) it is usually undesirable...
5774121 User interface method and system for graphical decision making with categorization across multiple criteria  
A computer system and method operate on a number of user interfaces to provide a graphical decision making tool that allows a user to graphically define and manipulate objects representing options,...
5758029 Formal trust building in the execution of partially trusted behaviors  
A method for executing partially trusted behaviors using an automated assistant. The method employs a guarded execution mode which provides for the safe execution of partially trusted behaviors....
5758028 Fuzzy logic control for computer image generator load management  
A fuzzy logic load management controller for use with a computer image generator. The load management controller is used use with a computer image generator having a plurality of inputs and a...
5751909 Database system with methods for controlling object interaction by establishing database contracts between objects  
A method for ensuring reliable interactions between principals within a database or between databases. The method involves the creation of database contracts which are, in essence, binding...
5751912 Schematic diagram creating system  
A schematic diagram creating system creates schematic diagrams associated with a control apparatus on the basis of a plurality of specification data with an input/output relation between each kind...