Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing information for projects is provided. Information for the projects is stored as data entities in an associative memory. The associative memory includes a plurality of data having a plurality of associations in which the data entities are included in the plurality of data. The associative memory further includes a content-addressable structure. The associative memory is configured to be queried based on at least one relationship selected from a group that includes direct relationships and indirect relationships among the plurality of data. The data entities stored in the associative memory are grouped to form a number of clusters. A report is generated using the number of clusters.

Abstract: A method for processing at least partially unstructured data is provided. The method includes receiving, at a data processing tool, at least partially unstructured data from at least one data source, and processing the at least partially unstructured data to generate at least partially structured data that includes tagged data, wherein processing the at least partially unstructured data includes at least one of processing the at least partially unstructured data using an associative memory application, and processing the at least partially unstructured data using a regular expression processing program. The method further includes transmitting the at least partially structured data to a main application, and incorporating the at least partially structured data into the main application based at least in part on the tagged data, wherein incorporating the at least partially structured data includes at least one of including and excluding data based on the existence, content and/or type of a tag.

Abstract: A kinematic system. The system includes a kinematic measurement device having one or more sensors configured to detect a plurality of physical positions of a part of an object. The system also includes an associative memory, in communication with the kinematic measurement device, and comprising a plurality of data and a plurality of associations among the plurality of data, wherein the plurality of data is collected into associated groups, wherein the associative memory is configured to be queried based on at least indirect relationships among the plurality of data. The system also includes a processor, in communication with the associative memory and the kinematic measurement device, and configured to translate a range of coordinate positions of the part of the object to a qualitative description that names the range, wherein the processor is further configured to provide the qualitative description to the associative memory for storage.

Abstract: A kinematic system. The system includes a kinematic measurement device having one or more sensors configured to detect a plurality of physical positions of a part of an object. The system also includes an associative memory, in communication with the kinematic measurement device, and comprising a plurality of data and a plurality of associations among the plurality of data, wherein the plurality of data is collected into associated groups, wherein the associative memory is configured to be queried based on at least indirect relationships among the plurality of data. The system also includes a processor, in communication with the associative memory and the kinematic measurement device, and configured to translate a range of coordinate positions of the part of the object to a qualitative description that names the range, wherein the processor is further configured to provide the qualitative description to the associative memory for storage.

Abstract: A system includes an associative memory, a first table, a second table, a comparator, and an updater. The associative memory may include data and associations among data and may be built from the first table. The first table may include a record with a first and second field. The associative memory may be configured to ingest the first field and avoid ingesting the second field. The second table may include a record with a third field storing information indicating whether the first field has been ingested by the associative memory or has been forgotten by the associative memory. The comparator may be configured to compare the first and second table to identify one of whether the first field should be forgotten or ingested by the associative memory. The updater may be configured to update the associative memory by performing one of ingesting or forgetting the first field.

Abstract: A system includes an associative memory, a first table, a second table, a comparator, and an updater. The associative memory may include data and associations among data and may be built from the first table. The first table may include a record with a first and second field. The associative memory may be configured to ingest the first field and avoid ingesting the second field. The second table may include a record with a third field storing information indicating whether the first field has been ingested by the associative memory or has been forgotten by the associative memory. The comparator may be configured to compare the first and second table to identify one of whether the first field should be forgotten or ingested by the associative memory. The updater may be configured to update the associative memory by performing one of ingesting or forgetting the first field.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing information for projects is provided. Information for the projects is stored as data entities in an associative memory. The associative memory includes a plurality of data having a plurality of associations in which the data entities are included in the plurality of data. The associative memory further includes a content-addressable structure. The associative memory is configured to be queried based on at least one relationship selected from a group that includes direct relationships and indirect relationships among the plurality of data. The data entities stored in the associative memory are grouped to form a number of clusters. A report is generated using the number of clusters.

Abstract: A method for processing at least partially unstructured data is provided. The method includes receiving, at a data processing tool, at least partially unstructured data from at least one data source, and processing the at least partially unstructured data to generate at least partially structured data that includes tagged data, wherein processing the at least partially unstructured data includes at least one of processing the at least partially unstructured data using an associative memory application, and processing the at least partially unstructured data using a regular expression processing program. The method further includes transmitting the at least partially structured data to a main application, and incorporating the at least partially structured data into the main application based at least in part on the tagged data, wherein incorporating the at least partially structured data includes at least one of including and excluding data based on the existence, content and/or type of a tag.

Abstract: The present invention provides a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for identifying interchangeable parts in parts catalogs. In one illustrative embodiment, a set of catalogs is searched for first attributes for a set of parts using an intelligent agent. The intelligent agent compares the first attributes for the set of parts to a set of second attributes for a selected part. A weight is assigned to each of the first attributes based on whether each of the first attributes is correlated to an attribute in the set of second attributes. Each part in the set of parts is ranked using the weight assigned to each attribute in the first attributes. A set of interchangeable parts is identified using the ranking for each part in the set of parts.