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Data mining method for finding deviations in data

US7870149B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Toni Bollinger · Weil der Stadt, DE
Ansgar Dorneich · Holzgerlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 13, 2008
Grant date	Jan 11, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 3, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/2465
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for finding deviations in data. A set of candidate patterns is generated. A set of exception patterns that occur in the data less frequently than expected assuming statistical independence is selected from the set of candidate patterns. Data records that comply with at least one of the exception patterns are processed as exception candidates.

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