Determination of latent interactions in social networks

US8862662B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Anne Kao · Bellevue, US
• William Ferng · Sammamish, US
• Stephen R. Poteet · Bellevue, US
• Lesley Quach · Seattle, US
• Rodney A. Tjoelker · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 2012
• Grant date: Oct 14, 2014
• Expiry date: Feb 21, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/01
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method including processing social network data to establish a tensor model of the social network data, the tensor model having at least an order of four. The tensor model is decomposed into a plurality of principal factors. A summary tensor is synthesized from a subset of the plurality of principal factors. The summary tensor represents a plurality of relationships among a plurality of entities in the tensor model. A synthesis of relationships is formed and stored. At least one parameter is identified using one of the summary tensor and a single principal factor in the subset. The at least one parameter is selected from the group consisting of: a correlation among the plurality of entities, a similarity between two of the plurality of entities, and a time-based trend of changes in the synthesis of relationships. The at least one parameter is communicated.