Abstract: An improved method is provided for solving sequence matching and comparison problems using attractor-based processes to extract identity tokens that indicate sequence and subsequence symbol content and order. These attractor processes map the sequence from its original sequence representation space (OSRS) into a hierarchical multidimensional attractor space (HMAS). The HMAS can be configured to represent equivalent symbol distributions within two symbol sequences or perform exact symbol sequence matching. The mapping process results in each sequence being drawn to an attractor in the HMAS. Each attractor within the HMAS forms a unique token for a group of sequences with no overlap between the sequence groups represented by different attractors. The size of the sequence groups represented by a given attractor can be reduced from approximately half of all possible sequences to a much smaller subset of possible sequences.

Abstract: A method of detecting, interpreting, recognizing, identifying and comparing N-dimensional shapes, partial shapes, embedded shapes and shape collages is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention allows for the characterization of shapes as sequences of unit vector descriptions, attributes of unit vector descriptions, shape segments, and shape segment collages whereby the detection, interpretation, recognition, identification, comparison and analysis of one- to n-dimensional shapes in one- to n-dimensional spaces can be accomplished using multidimensional attractor tokens. These attractor processes map the sequence from its original sequence representation space (OSRS) into a hierarchical multidimensional attractor space (HMAS). The HMAS can be configured to represent equivalent symbol distributions within two symbol sequences or perform exact symbol sequence matching. The mapping process results in each sequence being drawn to an attractor in the HMAS.

Abstract: A method of detecting, interpreting, recognizing, identifying and comparing N-dimensional shapes, partial shapes, embedded shapes and shape collages is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention allows for the characterization of shapes as sequences of unit vector descriptions, attributes of unit vector descriptions, shape segments, and shape segment collages whereby the detection, interpretation, recognition, identification, comparison and analysis of one- to n-dimensional shapes in one- to n-dimensional spaces can be accomplished using multidimensional attractor tokens. These attractor processes map the sequence from its original sequence representation space (OSRS) into a hierarchical multidimensional attractor space (HMAS). The HMAS can be configured to represent equivalent symbol distributions within two symbol sequences or perform exact symbol sequence matching. The mapping process results in each sequence being drawn to an attractor in the HMAS.