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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:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06Q 50/22 (2012.01); G09B 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/0635 (2013.01); G06Q 50/22 (2013.01); G09B 7/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for supporting decisions in sequential clinical risk assessment examinations, the method comprising receiving one or more first test results and a question, both associated with a patient; and assessing by a processor associated with a computing platform, information gain provided by a second test which may be performed for the patient, as the conditional mutual information between a second test and the question, using the first test result.