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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Alexander T. Bentley, Austin, TX (US);
Soma Shekar Naganna, Bangalore, IN;
Scott Schumacher, Porter Ranch, CA (US);
Shweta Shandilya, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); G06F 17/30377 (2013.01); G06F 17/30536 (2013.01); G06F 17/30545 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provides methods, computer program products, and systems for normalizing confidence score thresholds across systems in a federated environment. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to calculate normalization factors for participating hubs in a federated environment to normalize confidence score thresholds applied by those hubs and improve search results obtained therefrom.