Micro-dynamic simulation of electronic cash transactions
First Claim
1. A method of modeling an electronic cash transaction system by computerized simulation comprising the steps of:
- defining the simulation parameters;
defining the characteristics of at least one creator agent of the electronic cash transaction system;
defining the characteristics of smart card issuer agents of the electronic cash transaction system;
defining the characteristics of merchant agents of the electronic cash transaction system;
defining the characteristics of consumer agents of the electronic cash transaction system; and
running a computer simulation in accordance with said parameters and said characteristics and thereby generating data indicative of electronic cash transactions conducted by said agents.
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Abstract
A technique for representing behavioral patterns indicating fraudulent electronic cash transactions through micro-dynamic simulation of an electronic cash transaction system implementable using smart cards with embedded microcomputers. The electronic cash transaction system is stochastically modeled by four categories of agents corresponding to the participants in an electronic cash transaction economy. Some categories of agents are further subdivided into segments that have different characteristics, including the circle of other agents with whom they regularly conduct electronic cash transactions. Agents with counterfeit or fraudulent smart cards may form a segment in the simulation to allow the effects of the counterfeit or fraudulent electronic cash transactions in the complete system to be observed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of modeling an electronic cash transaction system by computerized simulation comprising the steps of:
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defining the simulation parameters; defining the characteristics of at least one creator agent of the electronic cash transaction system; defining the characteristics of smart card issuer agents of the electronic cash transaction system; defining the characteristics of merchant agents of the electronic cash transaction system; defining the characteristics of consumer agents of the electronic cash transaction system; and running a computer simulation in accordance with said parameters and said characteristics and thereby generating data indicative of electronic cash transactions conducted by said agents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of modeling transactions by stochastic simulation comprising the steps of:
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defining a plurality of agents conducting transactions; defining the transaction characteristics for each of said plurality of agents using probability functions; defining a circle of said agents with which each of said plurality of agents has a probability of conducting a transaction provided a transaction is conducted; and simulating transactions conducted by said plurality of agents in accordance with said defined transaction characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of providing input data to machine learning software by computerized simulation of an electronic cash transaction system comprising the steps of:
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defining the simulation parameters; defining the characteristics of at least one creator agent of the electronic cash transaction system; defining the characteristics of smart card issuer agents of the electronic cash transaction system; defining the characteristics of merchant agents of the electronic cash transaction system; defining the characteristics of consumer agents of the electronic cash transaction system; and running a computer simulation in accordance with said parameters and said characteristics and thereby generating data indicative of electronic cash transactions conducted by said agents; providing the results of said computer simulation to machine learning software as input data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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