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Apparatus and method for identifying patterns in a multi-dimensional database

  • US 7,676,468 B2
  • Filed: 03/09/2007
  • Issued: 03/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions to:

  • designate a plurality of patterns to apply to data within a multi-dimensional database, wherein the plurality of patterns include at least two different patterns selected from an outlier pattern, a step pattern, a random pattern, a trend pattern, and a periodic pattern; and

    apply a plurality of statistical tests corresponding to the plurality of patterns to data vectors of the multi-dimensional database to identify at least one pattern, wherein the plurality of statistical tests are selected from Tukey'"'"'s test, a Standard Deviation test, a Runs test, an Autocorrelation test, a Mean Squared Successive Difference test, a Regression Analysis, and a Rank Correlation test.

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