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Method and apparatus for data mining to discover associations and covariances associated with data

  • US 20040073534A1
  • Filed: 10/11/2002
  • Published: 04/15/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automated method of discovering information relating to a collection of input data, the method comprising the steps of:

  • obtaining the collection of input data, wherein the collection of input data comprises data items;

    discovering information relating to the collection of input data based on a computation of a mutual information measure in accordance with at least a portion of the data items, wherein expected values of the mutual information measure are expressed as linear combinations of an incomplete Riemann zeta function; and

    outputting at least a portion of results associated with the computation of the mutual information measure, wherein at least a portion of the results represent the discovered information relating to the collection of input data.

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