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Apparatus for determining association variables

  • US 8,241,211 B2
  • Filed: 11/27/2006
  • Issued: 08/14/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for determining one or more migraine triggers associated with one or more migraines, comprising:

  • determining, using the computer, a statistical relationship between one or more temporal onsets associated with one or more events and a pattern of occurrence of a compound variable, wherein the one or more events include the one or more migraines experienced by at least one individual, wherein the compound variable corresponds at least to a pattern of occurrence of a first variable and a pattern of occurrence of a second variable, and wherein the statistical relationship includes contributions from presence and absence information in the pattern of occurrence of the compound variable; and

    identifying, via a processor, the first variable and the second variable as the migraine triggers based on the statistical relationship.

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