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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:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Michael Gillam, Redmond, WA (US);
Renato R. Cazangi, Redmond, WA (US);
Alexey P. Kontsevoy, Redmond, WA (US);
Uri Kartoun, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Gillam, Redmond, WA (US);
Renato R. Cazangi, Redmond, WA (US);
Alexey P. Kontsevoy, Redmond, WA (US);
Uri Kartoun, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/18 (2006.01); G06N 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method may use a genetic algorithm to varying prediction parameters in forecasting software to obtain optimal predictions is disclosed. The method identifies parameters that can be varied and by modifying the parameters, the predictions of the forecasting software improve. The method uses sample data to train and validate the forecast and the optimal forecasting parameters are determined.