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Forecasting apparatus

US7472099B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 2004
Grant dateDec 30, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 31, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/04
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A forecasting apparatus for predicting future events includes a forecast processing data configuring section for configuring a data matrix including previously accumulated historical data and unknown forecast data, the data matrix having the unknown forecast data as missing elements, and a forecast processing section for estimating values of the missing elements representative of the unknown forecast data by performing singular value decomposition of the data matrix configured by the forecast processing data configuring section.

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