Apparatus for determining association variables
First Claim
1. An apparatus to identify an association variable associated with a set of temporal onsets, comprising:
- at least one processor;
at least one memory configured to store information associated with the set of temporal onsets, and information associated with a pattern of occurrence of a variable; and
at least one program module, the program module stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the program module including;
instructions for selecting a subset of the set of temporal onsets based on one or more characteristics of different type of events associated with the set of temporal onsets, wherein the different types of events include an event and a recurrence event, wherein the subset include one or more first onsets corresponding to one or more instances of the event, wherein the set of temporal onsets includes the subset and one or more second onsets corresponding to one or more instances of the recurrence event, wherein the one or more characteristics of the recurrence event include that a given instance of the recurrence event corresponds to a given temporal onset in a given group of two or more temporal onsets in the set of temporal onsets that is within a predefined time interval after an initial temporal onset in the given group of two or more temporal onsets, and wherein the group of two or more temporal onsets can be associated with a single instance of the event;
instructions for determining a statistical relationship between the subset and the pattern of occurrence of the variable in an underdetermined problem in which there are more variables than temporal onsets in the set of temporal onsets, wherein a severity of the underdetermined problem is increased by excluding the one or more temporal onsets corresponding to one or more instances of the recurrence event; and
instructions for identifying the variable as the association variable in accordance with the statistical relationship.
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Abstract
An apparatus, and related method, for identifying one or more association variables is described. The apparatus includes at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one program module stored in the memory configured to be executed by the processor. The program module includes instructions for selecting a subset of temporal onsets in a set of temporal onsets, instructions for determining a statistical relationship between the subset and a pattern of occurrence of a variable, and instructions for identifying the variable as an association variable in accordance with the statistical relationship. The subset includes one or more first temporal onsets corresponding to one or more instances of an event, and the set of temporal onsets includes the subset of temporal onsets and one or more second temporal onsets corresponding to one or more instances of a reoccurrence event.
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1. An apparatus to identify an association variable associated with a set of temporal onsets, comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one memory configured to store information associated with the set of temporal onsets, and information associated with a pattern of occurrence of a variable; and at least one program module, the program module stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the program module including; instructions for selecting a subset of the set of temporal onsets based on one or more characteristics of different type of events associated with the set of temporal onsets, wherein the different types of events include an event and a recurrence event, wherein the subset include one or more first onsets corresponding to one or more instances of the event, wherein the set of temporal onsets includes the subset and one or more second onsets corresponding to one or more instances of the recurrence event, wherein the one or more characteristics of the recurrence event include that a given instance of the recurrence event corresponds to a given temporal onset in a given group of two or more temporal onsets in the set of temporal onsets that is within a predefined time interval after an initial temporal onset in the given group of two or more temporal onsets, and wherein the group of two or more temporal onsets can be associated with a single instance of the event; instructions for determining a statistical relationship between the subset and the pattern of occurrence of the variable in an underdetermined problem in which there are more variables than temporal onsets in the set of temporal onsets, wherein a severity of the underdetermined problem is increased by excluding the one or more temporal onsets corresponding to one or more instances of the recurrence event; and instructions for identifying the variable as the association variable in accordance with the statistical relationship. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-program product for use in conjunction with a computer system, the computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and a computer-program mechanism embedded therein to identify an association variable associated with a set of temporal onsets, the computer-program mechanism including:
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instructions for selecting a subset of the set of temporal onsets based on one or more characteristics of different type of events associated with the set of temporal onsets, wherein the different types of events include an event and a recurrence event, wherein the subset include one or more first onsets corresponding to one or more instances of the event, wherein the set of temporal onsets includes the subset and one or more second onsets corresponding to one or more instances of the recurrence event, wherein the one or more characteristics of the recurrence event include that a given instance of the recurrence event corresponds to a given temporal onset in a given group of two or more temporal onsets in the set of temporal onsets that is within a predefined time interval after an initial temporal onset in the given group of two or more temporal onsets, and wherein the group of two or more temporal onsets can be associated with a single instance of the event; instructions for determining a statistical relationship between the subset and a pattern of occurrence of the variable in an underdetermined problem in which there are more variables than temporal onsets in the set of temporal onsets, wherein a severity of the underdetermined problem is increased by excluding the one or more temporal onsets corresponding to one or more instances of the recurrence event; and instructions for identifying the variable as the association variable in accordance with the statistical relationship. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for identifying an association variable associated with a set of temporal onsets, the method comprising:
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selecting a subset of the set of temporal onsets based on one or more characteristics of different type of events associated with the set of temporal onsets, wherein the different types of events include an event and a recurrence event, wherein the subset include one or more first onsets corresponding to one or more instances of the event, wherein the set of temporal onsets includes the subset and one or more second onsets corresponding to one or more instances of the recurrence event, wherein the one or more characteristics of the recurrence event include that a given instance of the recurrence event corresponds to a given temporal onset in a given group of two or more temporal onsets in the set of temporal onsets that is within a predefined time interval after an initial temporal onset in the given group of two or more temporal onsets, and wherein the group of two or more temporal onsets can be associated with a single instance of the event; determining a statistical relationship between the subset and a pattern of occurrence of the variable in an underdetermined problem in which there are more variables than temporal onsets in the set of temporal onsets, wherein a severity of the underdetermined problem is increased by excluding the one or more temporal onsets corresponding to one or more instances of the recurrence event; and identifying the variable as the association variable in accordance with the statistical relationship. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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