Technique for identifying association variables
US9898687B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 2, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 5, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16B40/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus determines patterns of occurrence of compound variables based on a set of mathematical interactions and patterns of occurrence of a set of biological variables. Then, the apparatus calculates statistical relationships corresponding to a pattern of occurrence of a trait in a group of life forms and the patterns of occurrence of the compound variables. Moreover, the apparatus determines numbers of occurrences of biological variables that were used to determine compound variables in at least a statistically significant subset of the compound variables, and determines numbers of different mathematical interactions that were used to determine the compound variables in the subset of the compound variables for the biological variables that are associated with the corresponding numbers of occurrences. Next, the apparatus identifies one or more of the biological variables as one or more association variables based on the numbers of occurrences and the numbers of different mathematical interactions.
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