Abstract: A process of data fusion in potential conflict situations that provides, for the first time, a sound basis for Situation and Impact Assessment, leading to the ability to generate actionable plans and decisions. It uses a uniform representation method for relating time varying objects mapped onto a multi-dimensional space, whether these objects' properties can be either wholly determined or determined only in part. The method provides the best prediction of potential conflicts based on the data and background information available. The method is computationally tractable and scalable. The information generated can be re-used with changed assumptions and alternative courses of action.

Abstract: A process of data fusion in potential conflict situations that provides, for the first time, a sound basis for Situation and Impact Assessment, leading to the ability to generate actionable plans and decisions. It uses a uniform representation method for relating time varying objects mapped onto a multi-dimensional space, whether these objects' properties can be either wholly determined or determined only in part. The method provides the best prediction of potential conflicts based on the data and background information available. The method is computationally tractable and scalable. The information generated can be re-used with changed assumptions and alternative courses of action.

Abstract: This invention is a process to create an index structure for 2-dimensional shapes that improves the performance of processes that match the outlines of shapes processed in image.

Abstract: The invention “Dynamic Data Mining Process” provides a systematic, controlled and rational means to increase the number of valid relationships found within collections of data by focusing on the data most likely to be sound, and selectively using the remaining data to increase the likelihood that initially detected candidates for rules are meaningful patterns vs. random co-occurrences of values.

Abstract: The distinguishing feature of the present invention is that it provides a means to answer a query about a database when the data in the database is not complete or is not considered to be trustworthy. The adverb Platonic is used to describe the reasoning process because of Plato's metaphorical description of how human beings perceive reality. The metaphor was one of a fire in a cave. Plato said that human beings cannot perceive objects in the real world in their exact form. If an object were in a cave, a fire in the cave would cast a shadow of that object on the wall. That shadow, however, would alter shape and the edges would appear to flicker. A person in that cave facing the wall would not be able to see the true form of the object, only the shadows. However, by looking at those shadows it would be possible to get a good approximation of the shape of the actual object.