Efficient service rules creation through subjective logic and temporal pattern recognition
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1. A method for developing service rules, said method comprising:
- gathering a plurality of business data sets comprising at least two of a textual description of a problem provided to a support center, a subjective logic opinion and associated problem code provided by a service technician, and error data provided by a machine;
determining a belief vector and uncertainty mass for each of said plurality of business data sets;
evaluating the combination of each belief vector and each uncertainty mass associated with each of said business data sets with a subjective logic technique;
producing a level of confidence based on said evaluation of the combination of each belief vector and each uncertainty mass associated with each of said business data sets with a subjective logic technique, wherein said level of confidence is indicative of a confidence in the reliability of said plurality of business data sets;
evaluating said combined business data for temporal patterns therein; and
generating a service rule corresponding to said produced level of confidence in said business data and said temporal error patterns.
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Abstract
A method for generating service rules corresponding to business data is disclosed. A plurality of business related data is gathered from various sources. The data is combined using a subjective logic technique. The data is then evaluated for temporal patterns. Finally a set of service rules corresponding to the combined business data are developed.
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1. A method for developing service rules, said method comprising:
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gathering a plurality of business data sets comprising at least two of a textual description of a problem provided to a support center, a subjective logic opinion and associated problem code provided by a service technician, and error data provided by a machine; determining a belief vector and uncertainty mass for each of said plurality of business data sets; evaluating the combination of each belief vector and each uncertainty mass associated with each of said business data sets with a subjective logic technique; producing a level of confidence based on said evaluation of the combination of each belief vector and each uncertainty mass associated with each of said business data sets with a subjective logic technique, wherein said level of confidence is indicative of a confidence in the reliability of said plurality of business data sets; evaluating said combined business data for temporal patterns therein; and generating a service rule corresponding to said produced level of confidence in said business data and said temporal error patterns. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for developing service rules comprising:
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gathering a plurality of business data sets comprising machine service data from a plurality of sources at least two of a textual description of a problem provided to a support center, a subjective logic opinion and associated problem code provided by a service technician, and error data provided by a machine; combining said business data sources; producing a level of confidence in said combined business data wherein said level of confidence is indicative of a confidence in the reliability of said plurality of business data sets by; determining a belief vector and an uncertainty mass for each of said business data sets; and evaluating the combination of each belief vector and each uncertainty mass associated with each of said business data sets with a subjective logic technique; evaluating said combined business data for temporal patterns by; determining an event sequence; defining a window associated with said event sequence; evaluating said event sequence for a failure signature; and determining the frequency said window covers said failure signature; and generating a service rule corresponding to said combined business data and said temporal error patterns. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for developing service rules, comprising:
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a processor; a data bus coupled to said processor; and a computer-usable medium embodying computer code, said computer-usable medium being coupled to said data bus, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said processor and configured for; gathering a plurality of business data sets comprising at least two of a textual description of a problem provided to a support center, a subjective logic opinion and associated problem code provided by a service technician, and error data provided by a machine; determining a belief vector and uncertainty mass for each of said plurality of business data sets; evaluating the combination of each belief vector and each uncertainty mass associated with each of said business data sets with a subjective logic technique; producing a level of confidence based on said evaluation of the combination of each belief vector and each uncertainty mass associated with each of said business data sets with a subjective logic technique, wherein said level of confidence is indicative of a confidence in the reliability of said plurality of business data sets; evaluating said combined business data for temporal patterns therein; and generating a service rule corresponding to said produced level of confidence in said business data and said temporal error patterns. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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