System and method for detecting generalized space-time clusters
First Claim
1. A system for detecting clusters in space and time using input data on occurrences of a phenomenon and characteristics at a plurality of locations and times comprising:
- an expectation generation module determining expected occurrences of a phenomena at a plurality of locations and a plurality of times;
an occurrence modeling module determining actual occurrences of the phenomena at a plurality of locations and a plurality of times;
a search module searching the expected occurrences and the actual occurrences for a plurality of candidate solutions, wherein each solution is represented as a set of points in the three-dimensional space, and wherein each point corresponds to a location at a time;
a convex container module determining at least one solution corresponding to a selected convex container shape from the plurality of candidate solutions; and
a solution evaluation module determining a strength metric for each solution determined by the convex container module, the search module selecting a solution having a desirable strength, wherein the solution having the desirable strength indicates a dominant cluster in the input data.
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Abstract
A system for detecting clusters in space and time using input data on occurrences of a phenomenon and characteristics at a plurality of locations and times comprises an expectation generation module determining expected occurrences of a phenomena, and an occurrence modeling module determining actual occurrences of the phenomena. The system further comprises a search module searching the expected occurrences and the actual occurrences for a plurality of candidate solutions, wherein each solution is represented as a set of points in the three-dimensional space, and wherein each point corresponds to a location at a time. The system comprises a convex container module determining at least one solution corresponding to a selected convex container shape from the plurality of candidate solutions, and a solution evaluation module determining a strength metric for each solution determined by the convex container module, the search module selecting a dominant cluster in the input data.
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27 Claims
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1. A system for detecting clusters in space and time using input data on occurrences of a phenomenon and characteristics at a plurality of locations and times comprising:
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an expectation generation module determining expected occurrences of a phenomena at a plurality of locations and a plurality of times;
an occurrence modeling module determining actual occurrences of the phenomena at a plurality of locations and a plurality of times;
a search module searching the expected occurrences and the actual occurrences for a plurality of candidate solutions, wherein each solution is represented as a set of points in the three-dimensional space, and wherein each point corresponds to a location at a time;
a convex container module determining at least one solution corresponding to a selected convex container shape from the plurality of candidate solutions; and
a solution evaluation module determining a strength metric for each solution determined by the convex container module, the search module selecting a solution having a desirable strength, wherein the solution having the desirable strength indicates a dominant cluster in the input data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for detecting clusters comprising:
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receiving input data on occurrences of a phenomenon at locations and times and data on characteristics of the locations and times;
determining actual occurrences of the phenomenon at the three-dimensional space-time points according to the input data;
determining expected occurrences in the absence of any clustering of the phenomenon at the points according to the characteristics of the occurrences using a domain dependent model for the phenomenon;
selecting a convex container shape for determining a cluster in the input data; and
determining a solution represented as a set of points that conforms to the selected convex container shape for a cluster with a desirable strength. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A program storage device is provided readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions automatically executable by the machine to perform method steps for determining a clusters, the method steps comprising:
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receiving input data on occurrences of a phenomenon at locations and times and data on characteristics of the locations and times;
determining actual occurrences of the phenomenon at the three-dimensional space-time points according to the input data;
determining expected occurrences in the absence of any clustering of the phenomenon at the points according to the characteristics of the occurrences using a domain dependent model for the phenomenon;
selecting a convex container shape for determining a cluster in the input data; and
determining a solution represented as a set of points that conforms to the selected convex container shape for a cluster with a desirable strength. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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