System and methodology for assessing and predicting linguistic and non-linguistic events and for providing decision support
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1. A decision support and assessment system comprising:
- one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising;
a dictionary creation module configured to obtain source linguistic data and create a dictionary based upon said source linguistic data, said source linguistic data comprising a plurality of terms linked to psychological concepts and wherein said source linguistic data is generated through a use of one or more of questionnaires, interviews or focus groups;
a dictionary refinement module configured to obtain functional data and refine said dictionary based upon said functional data; and
a predictive assessment module configured to employ said dictionary and said functional data and apply at least one model thereto in order to generate predictive data configured to provide decision support or assessment.
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention, a system and methodology is provided which provides valuable risk assessment and warnings as well as predictions of possible events which may occur in corporate, governmental, business or other types of organizational settings. In a personal context, the present invention may provide valuable data regarding predicted personal behavior, events, activities as well as data regarding affinity or lack thereof between and among individuals as well as a great many other characteristics of inter-personal relationships.
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1. A decision support and assessment system comprising:
one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising; a dictionary creation module configured to obtain source linguistic data and create a dictionary based upon said source linguistic data, said source linguistic data comprising a plurality of terms linked to psychological concepts and wherein said source linguistic data is generated through a use of one or more of questionnaires, interviews or focus groups; a dictionary refinement module configured to obtain functional data and refine said dictionary based upon said functional data; and a predictive assessment module configured to employ said dictionary and said functional data and apply at least one model thereto in order to generate predictive data configured to provide decision support or assessment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method for providing decision support and assessment, the method being implemented in a computer system that includes one or more physical processors and storage media storing machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:
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obtaining a source linguistic dataset; generating an initial dictionary based upon said source linguistic dataset said source linguistic dataset comprising a plurality of terms linked to psychological concepts and wherein said source linguistic dataset is generated through a use of one or more of questionnaires, interviews or focus groups; employing functional data, said initial dictionary and at least one model to generate a predictive output configured to provide decision support or assessment; and refining said initial dictionary based upon a receipt of additional source linguistic data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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