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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Semiha E. Kamar Eden, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 5/00 (2006.01); G06N 99/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 99/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
The subject disclosure is directed towards the use of Monte Carlo (MC) procedures for computing the value of information (VOI), including with long evidential sequences. An MC-VOI algorithm is used to output a decision as to balancing the value and costs of collecting information in advance of taking action by running prediction model-based simulations to determine execution paths through possible states, and processing the results of the simulations/paths taken into a final decision.