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Automated problem formulator and solver

  • US 5,581,663 A
  • Filed: 04/22/1994
  • Issued: 12/03/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-based method to determine and identify problems that exist in a real-world system, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving as input a description of the real-world system in natural language according to a predetermined syntax;

    determining if the description complies with the predetermined syntax;

    producing a graph representing the description;

    determining if the graph complies with a set of predetermined structural rules; and

    parsing the graph to produce an ordered list of problem statements, each problem statement in the ordered list of problem statements identifying a problem that exists in the real-world system.

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