METHOD APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR VISUALIZATION OF PROBABILISTIC MODELS
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1. A method of modeling a business process to assess risk, comprising the steps of:
- a) creating a high level model for the business process,b) modeling a calculation algorithm for the business process; and
c) testing the model;
wherein one or more views are used in each of steps (a), (b) and (c);
and wherein the pattern technique of identifying and visualizing uncertainty is used in each of steps (a), (b) and (c), in increasing detail at each successive step.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, computer system and a program storage device for modeling a business process to assess risk is provided. A preferred embodiment of the method includes the steps of: (a) creating a high level model for the business process, (b) modeling a calculation algorithm for the business process; and (c) testing the model; wherein one or more views are used in each of steps (a), (b) and (c); and wherein the pattern technique of identifying and visualizing uncertainty is used in each of steps (a), (b) and (c), in increasing detail at each successive step.
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1. A method of modeling a business process to assess risk, comprising the steps of:
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a) creating a high level model for the business process, b) modeling a calculation algorithm for the business process; and c) testing the model; wherein one or more views are used in each of steps (a), (b) and (c); and wherein the pattern technique of identifying and visualizing uncertainty is used in each of steps (a), (b) and (c), in increasing detail at each successive step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for creating a model of a business process, said method steps comprising:
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a) creating a high level model for the business process, b) modeling a calculation algorithm for the business process; and c) testing the model; wherein one or more views are used in each of steps (a), (b) and (c); and wherein a pattern technique of identifying and visualizing uncertainty is used in each of steps (a), (b) and (c), in increasing detail at each successive step. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 109)
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73. An apparatus for modeling a business process comprising:
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a) a first means for creating a high level model for the business process, b) a second means for modeling a calculation algorithm for the business process; and c) a testing means for testing the model; wherein one or more views are used by the first means, the second means and the testing means; and wherein the first means, the second means and the third means each use a pattern technique to identify and visualize uncertainty and wherein the second means is capable of identifying and visualizing uncertainty in greater detail than the first means, and the testing means is capable of identifying and visualizing uncertainty in greater detail than the first means or the second means. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108)
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110. A computer system for modeling a business process, comprising a processor, at least one input device, and at least one output device, with program instructions being stored on a computer-readable media, the program instructions comprising the following steps:
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a) creating a high level model for the business process, b) modeling a calculation algorithm for the business process; and c) testing the model; wherein one or more views are used in each of steps (a), (b) and (c); and wherein a pattern technique of identifying and visualizing uncertainty is used in each of steps (a), (b) and (c), in increasing detail at each successive step.
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