Abstract: A computer implemented method of constructing a social network, the method including constructing the social network from a plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources, wherein at least one of the plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources includes a user generated data source; identifying a plurality of nodes and linkages; determining attributes of the nodes and linkages based on a plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources, wherein the plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources includes a combination of the user generated data source and at least one non-user generated source, wherein the attributes include at least one of a deterministic attribute, a probabilistic attribute, and a dynamic attribute; populating a mathemetical decision-making model based on the plurality of nodes and linkages, and the determined attributes of the plurality of nodes and linkages; determining attributes of the nodes and links at a second point in time; re-populating the mathematical decision-making m

Abstract: A computer system and method for natural language translation uses a translation process to translate a source natural language segment (e.g. English) of one or more source words/elements into a target natural language (e.g. German) segment of one or more target words/elements. An evaluation module determines a confidence measure of the natural language translation. Typically, the confidence measure indicates less confidence as the complexity of the translation increases. Various novel features for determining complexity and confidence measure at different steps in the translation are used. The translation process can be terminated if the confidence measure fails to meet a threshold criterion.