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Methods and apparatus for entering and evaluating time dependence hypotheses and for forecasting based on the time dependence hypotheses entered

  • US 6,216,154 B1
  • Filed: 04/24/1998
  • Issued: 04/10/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an apparatus having a graphical user interface including a display device and a user input device, a method for entering and displaying at least one group of similar dependency hypotheses related to a temporal relationship between values of first and second variables, wherein the first and second variables represent requests for correspondingly different resources for use in a computer system, the method comprising steps of:

  • a) displaying, on the display device, a two dimensional rectangle having a first side corresponding to time segments over a period of past time and a second side, perpendicular to the first side, corresponding to time segments over a period of future time;

    b) receiving a group of user selections, via the user input device, each of which relates a future time segment on the second side of the rectangle to a past time segment on the first side of the rectangle, thereby forming a group of similar dependency hypotheses such that values of the first variable during each of future time segments will depend on values of the second variable during a related one of each of the past time segments over all of said hypotheses; and

    c) displaying, on the display device, points on the two dimensional rectangle corresponding to the group of user selections received, wherein each of the points represents an associated pair of the first and second variables of a corresponding similar dependency hypothesis.

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