METHOD FOR A NATURAL LANGUAGE QUESTION-ANSWERING SYSTEM TO COMPLEMENT DECISION-SUPPORT IN A REAL-TIME COMMAND CENTER
First Claim
1. A method for providing decision support comprising:
- receiving suggested actions from a decision support system into a particular computerized machine;
automatically determining parameters of said suggested actions using said particular computerized machine to serve as input to a question-answering system operating on said particular computerized machine;
automatically generating questions based on said parameters using said question-answering system;
automatically searching a corpus of unstructured data to retrieve answers to said questions using said question-answering system;
automatically providing impact confidence values for each answer indicating degree of impact said answers have on said suggested actions using said question-answering system; and
outputting said questions, said answers, and said impact confidence values using a graphic user interface of said particular computerized machine.
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Abstract
System and methods provide decision support by receiving suggested actions from a decision support system and automatically determining parameters of the suggested actions to serve as input to a question-answering system. System and methods also automatically generate questions based on the parameters, automatically search a corpus of unstructured data to retrieve answers to the questions, and automatically provide impact confidence values for each answer indicating the degree of impact the answers have on the suggested actions. The systems and methods can then output the questions, answers, and impact confidence values.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for providing decision support comprising:
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receiving suggested actions from a decision support system into a particular computerized machine; automatically determining parameters of said suggested actions using said particular computerized machine to serve as input to a question-answering system operating on said particular computerized machine; automatically generating questions based on said parameters using said question-answering system; automatically searching a corpus of unstructured data to retrieve answers to said questions using said question-answering system; automatically providing impact confidence values for each answer indicating degree of impact said answers have on said suggested actions using said question-answering system; and outputting said questions, said answers, and said impact confidence values using a graphic user interface of said particular computerized machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for providing decision support comprising:
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receiving suggested actions from a decision support system into a particular computerized machine; automatically determining parameters of said suggested actions using said particular computerized machine to serve as input to a question-answering system operating on said particular computerized machine; automatically generating questions based on said parameters using said question-answering system; automatically searching a corpus of unstructured data to retrieve answers to said questions using said question-answering system; automatically providing impact confidence values for each answer indicating degree of impact said answers have on said suggested actions using said question-answering system; automatically providing relevance confidence values for each answer indicating degree of relevance said answers have to said suggested actions using said question-answering system; if said answers have an impact confidence value and a relevance confidence value that are above predetermined confidence thresholds, causing said decision support system to reproduce an action plan with modified suggested actions that are different than said suggested actions using said questions, said answers, and said impact confidence values instead of performing outputting of said questions, said answers, said relevance confidence values, and said impact confidence values; and if said answers have a impact confidence value and a relevance confidence value that are below said predetermined confidence thresholds, performing said outputting of said questions, said answers, said relevance confidence values, and said impact confidence values on said graphic user interface without causing said decision support system to reproduce said action plan. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computerized machine for providing decision support for a command center comprising:
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an input/output port receiving suggested actions from a decision support system; a processor operatively connected to said input/output port, said processor; automatically determining parameters of said suggested actions to serve as input to a question-answering system; automatically generating questions based on said parameters; automatically searching a corpus of unstructured data to retrieve answers to said questions; and automatically providing impact confidence values for each answer indicating degree of impact said answers have on said suggested actions; and a graphic user interface operatively connected to said processor, said graphic user interface outputting said questions, said answers, and said impact confidence values. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer readable storage medium readable by a computerized device, said computer readable storage medium storing instructions executable by said computerized device to perform a method for providing decision support for a command center, said method comprising:
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receiving suggested actions from a decision support system; automatically determining parameters of said suggested actions to serve as input to a question-answering system; automatically generating questions based on said parameters; automatically searching a corpus of unstructured data to retrieve answers to said questions; automatically providing impact confidence values for each answer indicating degree of impact said answers have on said suggested actions; and outputting said questions, said answers, and said impact confidence values.
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