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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2003
Applicant:
Stacy Jackson Prowell, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventor:
Stacy Jackson Prowell, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Hierarchical analysis of Markov chain usage models is provided. In some embodiments elements of an expanded matrix are calculated as a function of parent elements and child elements, rather than by direct inversion techniques. The expanded matrix is a first moment matrix of a flattened model. In hierarchical models, the flattened model represents a child model instantiated within a parent model. The child elements are elements of a child matrix, which is a first moment matrix of the child model. The parent elements are elements of a parent matrix, which is a first moment matrix of the parent model.