Abstract: A device may receive assessment scores for a candidate associated with an entity and performance data identifying performance metrics and time periods associated with existing members of the entity. The device may process the assessment scores and the performance data, with an attrition model, to identify attrition scores for the candidate and confidences of the attrition scores, and may calculate a final attrition score based on the attrition scores. The device may process the assessment scores and the performance data, with a performance model, to identify performance scores for the candidate and confidences of the performance scores, and may calculate a final performance score based on the performance scores. The device may calculate an overall score based on the final attrition score and the final performance score, and may perform one or more actions based on the overall score.

Abstract: A device may receive assessment scores for a candidate associated with an entity and performance data identifying performance metrics and time periods associated with existing members of the entity. The device may process the assessment scores and the performance data, with an attrition model, to identify attrition scores for the candidate and confidences of the attrition scores, and may calculate a final attrition score based on the attrition scores. The device may process the assessment scores and the performance data, with a performance model, to identify performance scores for the candidate and confidences of the performance scores, and may calculate a final performance score based on the performance scores. The device may calculate an overall score based on the final attrition score and the final performance score, and may perform one or more actions based on the overall score.

Abstract: Technology is disclosed for managing network storage services by service level objectives (SLOs). The method receives multiple service level capability (SLC) templates; creates at least one storage service level (SSL) instance using at least one of the SLC templates; provisions a storage object located in a network storage infrastructure based on the SSL instance; and services storage requests using the storage object.

Abstract: A method and apparatus under software control for pattern recognition utilizes a neural network implementation to recognize two dimensional input images which are sufficiently similar to a database of previously stored two dimensional images. Images are first image processed and subjected to a Fourier transform which yields a power spectrum. An in-class to out-of-class study is performed on a typical collection of images in order to determine the most discriminatory regions of the Fourier transform. A feature vector consisting of the highest order (most discriminatory) magnitude information from the power spectrum of the Fourier transform of the image is formed. Feature vectors are input to a neural network having preferably two hidden layers, input dimensionality of the number of elements in the feature vector and output dimensionality of the number of data elements stored in the database. Unique identifier numbers are preferably stored along with the feature vector.

Abstract: A pattern recognition method and apparatus utilizes a neural network to recognize input images which are sufficiently similar to a database of previously stored images. Images are first processed and subjected to a Fourier transform which yields a power spectrum. An in-class to out-of-class study is performed on a typical collection of images in order to determine the most discriminatory regions of the Fourier transform. A feature vector consisting of the (most discriminatory) information from the power spectrum of the Fourier transform of the image is formed. Feature vectors are input to a neural network having preferably two hidden layers, input dimensionality of the number of elements in the feature vector and output dimensionality of the number of data elements stored in the database. Unique identifier numbers are preferably stored along with the feature vector. Application of a query feature vector to the neural network results in an output vector.

Abstract: A method and apparatus under software control for pattern recognition utilizes a neural network implementation to recognize two dimensional input images which are sufficiently similar to a database of previously stored two dimensional images. Images are first image processed and subjected to a Fourier transform which yields a power spectrum. An in-class to out-of-class study is performed on a typical collection of images in order to determine the most discriminatory regions of the Fourier transform. A feature vector consisting of the highest order (most discriminatory) magnitude information from the power spectrum of the Fourier transform of the image is formed. Feature vectors are input to a neural network having preferably two hidden layers, input dimensionality of the number of elements in the feature vector and output dimensionality of the number of data elements stored in the database. Unique identifier numbers are preferably stored along with the feature vector.