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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2003
Applicants:
John C. Brocklebank, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bruce S. Weir, Raleigh, NC (US);
Wendy Czika, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
John C. Brocklebank, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bruce S. Weir, Raleigh, NC (US);
Wendy Czika, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for selecting node variables in a binary decision tree structure is provided. The binary decision tree is formed by mapping node variables to known outcome variables. The method calculates a statistical measure of the significance of each input variable in an input data set and then selects an appropriate node variable on which to base the structure of the binary decision tree using an averaged statistical measure of the input variable and any co-linear input variables of the data set.