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Method for correlating behavior between two elements of a system to determine the presence of mutual interaction between the elements

  • US 6,836,748 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/2002
  • Issued: 12/28/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for correlating behavior between two elements of a system to determine the presence of mutual interaction between the elements, the method comprising:

  • measuring the behavior of two elements of a system over time with respect to mutual interaction, thereby producing two behavior functions;

    expressing a plurality of constraints on a theoretical distance c between said behavior functions; and

    determining that said elements are behaving as mutually interacting elements where there exists an actual distance c that satisfies said constraints, wherein said expressing step comprises expressing each of said constraints using at least two time-consecutive samples (an, an+1) of one of said functions and at least one sample (bn) of the other of said functions that is time-intermediate said time-consecutive samples.

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