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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
May. 01, 2006
Catherine Anne Chess, Ossining, NY (US);
Kate Ehrlich, Newton, MA (US);
Mary Elizabeth Helander, North White Plains, NY (US);
Sandra Kearney, Peoria, AZ (US);
Ching-yung Lin, Forest Hills, NY (US);
Sue Ann Medeiros, Hartsdale, NY (US);
Katherine Penchuk, New York, NY (US);
Catherine Anne Chess, Ossining, NY (US);
Kate Ehrlich, Newton, MA (US);
Mary Elizabeth Helander, North White Plains, NY (US);
Sandra Kearney, Peoria, AZ (US);
Ching-Yung Lin, Forest Hills, NY (US);
Sue Ann Medeiros, Hartsdale, NY (US);
Katherine Penchuk, New York, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method of constructing a social network, the method including constructing the social network from a plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources, wherein at least one of the plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources includes a user generated data source; identifying a plurality of nodes and linkages; determining attributes of the nodes and linkages based on a plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources, wherein the plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources includes a combination of the user generated data source and at least one non-user generated source, wherein the attributes include at least one of a deterministic attribute, a probabilistic attribute, and a dynamic attribute; populating a mathemetical decision-making model based on the plurality of nodes and linkages, and the determined attributes of the plurality of nodes and linkages; determining attributes of the nodes and links at a second point in time; re-populating the mathematical decision-making model based on the plurality of nodes and linkages, and the determined attributes of the plurality of nodes and linkages at the second point in time.