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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alina Beygelzimer, Rochester, NY (US);
Chang-shing Perng, Bedford Hills, NY (US);
Sheng Ma, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Joseph L. Hellerstein, Ossining, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract
Techniques for ordering categorical attributes so as to better visualize data are provided. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an ordering algorithm comprises the steps of: (a) translating the discrete ordering problem to a continuous optimization problem; (b) solving the continuous optimization problem; and (c) mapping an optimal continuous solution to the closest discrete solution.