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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2008
Anthony J. Grichnik, Peoria, IL (US);
Timothy J. Felty, Peoria, IL (US);
James R. Mason, Peoria, IL (US);
Anthony J. Grichnik, Peoria, IL (US);
Timothy J. Felty, Peoria, IL (US);
James R. Mason, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for pre-processing data. The method may include detecting one or more erroneous vectors in a plurality of vectors, detecting one or more erroneous elements in the one or more erroneous vectors, and deleting the detected one or more erroneous elements. The method may also include detecting one or more missing elements in the plurality of vectors. Further, the method may include populating one or more offending vectors that include one or more missing elements and/or deleted erroneous elements with one or more elements that are based on a distance metric.