564 results about "Self evaluation" patented technology

A method for managing a client's search for a candidate can include requisitioning a job; describing a job; defining a candidate; searching an internal talent pool of candidates; searching an external talent pool of candidates; screening candidates; managing selection of the candidates; managing offer and hire of the candidates; and managing an on-board process. Alternatively, the method can include, at least one of: requisitioning a job; describing a job; defining a candidate; searching an internal talent pool of candidates; searching an external talent pool of candidates; screening candidates; managing selection of the candidates; managing offer and hire of the candidates; and managing an on-board process. A method for managing a job search of a candidate can include: performing a self assessment; building a resume; preparing a cover sheet; researching; networking; searching for a job; scoring a job; interviewing; sending a thank you letter; evaluating an offer; resigning from a prior position; and managing an on-board process. Alternatively, the method can include at least one of: performing a self assessment; building a resume; preparing a cover sheet; researching; networking; searching for a job; scoring a job; interviewing; sending a thank you letter; evaluating an offer; resigning from a prior position; and managing an on-board process.

Relationships among members of a social network are automatically characterized by determining the pattern and purposes of electronic messages communicated between such members. By leveraging an organization's existing messaging infrastructure, the present invention can inexpensively and unobtrusively provide management with insights into interpersonal interactions that are either helpful or harmful to the performance of high-impact teams. Such insights are useful in mitigating human interactional problem areas, improving individual and group performance, and in team building and self-assessment or research activities.

A method and system for assessing the risk that an entity (50) will not meet performance expectations wherein dependencies (52, 54) of the entity are identified and external factors (56, 60, 62, 64) that reflect changes in such dependencies are determined. Indicators (58, 68, 70, 72) that affect the external factors are also established and condition levels (59, 69, 71 and 73) are assigned to the external factors based on rules to which such indicators are applied. The performance risk of the entity is evaluated from the condition levels of the external factors.

The invention discloses a power transmission and transformation equipment state overhauling system based on risk evaluation. The system consists of a software supporting module, an equipment information collecting module, an equipment state diagnosing and evaluating module, an equipment risk evaluating and analyzing module, an equipment overhauling strategy auxiliary decision making module and an evaluating and checking module. The six modules are sequentially connected and mutually supported from bottom to top to form a pyramid type decision making flow path. The invention implements one set of complete system on the data information and equipment maintenance of a power network, makes a dynamic, timely, high-reliability and economic maintenance plan for the power transmission and transformation equipment under the condition of carrying out quantitative calculation on risks, greatly reduces the unnecessary maintenance, decreases the equipment damage caused by maintenance, saves the maintenance and management cost, and enhances the reliability of the power network.

The invention relates to an on-line management method for an engineering project. According to the on-line management method for the engineering project, based on a remote interaction platform, through data transmission and data processing between a budget end computer device, a plurality of contracting enterprise end computer devices, a plurality of evaluation end computer devices, an application end computer device, a plurality of submission end computer devices, a plurality of checking end computer devices and a server end computer system, on-line bidding and tendering and bid evaluation of the engineering project are achieved, and on-line evaluation and on-line making of an engineering project progress plan of a contracting enterprise of the engineering project, on-line tracking of engineering project progress completion conditions, response and management of engineering project progress abnormal conditions, on-line generation of an engineering project quality acceptance report form, one-line application for engineering project progress payment, and on-line generation of engineering project budget by material and labor cost analysis are achieved.

The invention relates bridge structure safety evaluation technology by means of combining vibration measuring and structural model analysis techniques for bridge erosion evaluation and pre-warning monitoring applications. This technology can also be applied for long-term bridge structure monitoring and safety evaluation as well as judgment and evaluation of rail structure abnormality.

A system, an apparatus and a method for human health evaluation utilizing the TMT mapping technology is disclosed. The method comprises scanning body areas of a patient utilizing an infrared camera, detecting abnormalities in the body of the patient, analyzing abnormalities of the patient against information stored in a database, and reporting results to the patient in a pre-determined format. The method provides an earlier discovery of disease by mapping and analyzing abnormal temperatures changes in the body, which can help prevent the disease from progressing at an early stage.

A method and system for maintaining operator alertness comprises a detector for detecting a physical status of an operator. The physical status indicates a first level of operator alertness. A user interface requests a second level of operator alertness from a self-evaluation of the operator at a request time. An evaluator measures at least one of an accuracy of the operator response to the requested input and a response time of the operator from the request time. An alert module generates alarm data or an alarm signal to alert the operator based on the first level of operator alertness indicating an inattentive state and at least one of the measured accuracy and operator response time indicating the inattentive state.

Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide the ability for a user to integrate the basic elements of career self-assessment, research, decision-making and action planning. The outcome of the self-assessment steps of the present invention is based on four temperaments to yield a well-organized Action Plan which defines clear strategic steps to a path that will lead to a rewarding career. The system includes a computerized network environment designed and configured to implement the claimed method. A computer readable medium containing instructions for implementation of the claimed method is further disclosed.

A system for correctly evaluating a price distribution and a risk distribution for a financial product or its derivatives introduces a probability density function generated with a Boltzmann model at a higher accuracy than the Gaussian distribution for a probability density. The system has an initial value setup unit and an evaluation condition setup unit. Initial values include at least one of price, price change rate, and the price change direction of a financial product. The evaluation conditions include at least time steps and the number of trials. The Boltzmann model analysis unit receives the initial values and the evaluation conditions, and repeats simulations of price fluctuation, based on the Boltzmann model using a Monte Carlo method. A velocity/direction distribution setup unit supplies the probability distributions of the price, price change rate, and the price change direction for the financial product to the Boltzmann model analysis unit. A random number generator for a Monte Carlo method employed in the analysis by the Boltzmann model, and an output unit displays the analysis result. A dealing system applies the financial Boltzmann model to option pricing, and reproduces the characteristics of Leptokurcity and Fat-tail by linear Boltzmann equation in order to define risk-neutral and unique probability measures. Consequently, option prices can be evaluated in a risk-neutral and unique manner, taking into account Leptokurcity and Fat-tail of a price change distribution.

The invention discloses an analytic hierarchy process-fuzzy comprehensive evaluation-based chemical project environmental risk evaluation system and belongs to the field of environmental risk control and management. The system comprises the following steps: (1) establishing an environmental risk evaluation index system; (2) dividing the evaluation levels of the environmental risk evaluation index system, determining the standards for evaluation of indexes under different levels, and scoring the indexes; (3) determining the weight of individual index by applying the analytic hierarchy process; (4) carrying out environmental risk comprehensive evaluation by virtue of fuzzy comprehensive evaluation to obtain a decision set; and (5) evaluating the decision set according to the maximum membership principle to obtain the environmental risk evaluation level. According to the technical scheme disclosed by the invention, the system is suitable for risk evaluation of environmental behaviors in all chemical project production processes, can be used for comprehensive risk evaluation, and is comprehensive in evaluation range, perfect in method and system, accurate in evaluation system and good in feasibility.

The invention discloses an advertisement injecting effect evaluation and intelligent push decision method based on face identification and big data analysis. The advertisement injecting effect evaluation and intelligent push decision method comprises a face identification technology is employed to obtain face feature data of the audience group, and the data is introduced into an advertisement injecting effect evaluation module as parameters, and is used for quantifying the advertisement injecting effect; furthermore, historical data is stored in a database, a data analysis system can carry out further analysis, the analysis result can be provided for the advertiser as an injecting decision reference, and can also be provided for the advertising agency who can carry out reasonable bidding and charging on the advertising position. At the same time, an FAEM matching algorithm is employed to match the advertisement played at present with audience face feature data at present, and advertisement push is carried out in dependence on the matching result. According to the invention, accurate evaluation of the advertisement injecting effect can be given out scientifically and objectively, and advertisements can be injected selectively and intelligently in dependence on audiences of the advertisements.

The invention relates to a method for creating the image of a sample surface to be analyzed, with a resolution which is better than 1 μm laterally in relation to the sample surface and better than 100 nm vertically in relation to said surface. According to the invention, the surface is scanned on a point-by-point basis by a scanning probe, the distance between the scanning probe and the sample surface at each scanning point being periodically modulated, in such a way that a force-time curve of the probe is produced for this point. The force-time curve is recorded at each scanning point, digitized using an A/D converter, evaluated online in real-time and stored, together with the entire data stream, in a first area of a memory device. One or several characteristic variables of the force-time curves are determined for each scanning point from the real-time evaluation results and the stored digitized force-time curves and an image of the sample surface is obtained from said characteristic variables of the scanning points.

The invention relates to a safety level evaluation method a power grid, comprising the following steps of: firstly determining a supposed accident list, and sequentially disconnecting elements of the supposed accident list; after a certain element is disconnected, carrying out topological structure analysis and load flow calculation on a system, and then calculating a power grid loss load risk evaluation index, a power grid overload risk evaluation index, a power grid low voltage risk evaluation index and a power grid voltage collapse risk evaluation index; repeating the process till all the elements of the supposed accident list are completely calculated; and then calculating a system single-risk evaluation index and a system total-risk evaluation index. The invention introduces a risk theory and a utility theory to the safety evaluation of the power grid, separately diagnoses the safety of the system from different side surfaces, further obtains the risk evaluation index of the whole system by an analytic hierarchy process (AHP), obtains simple and clear results and has better discrimination and can reflect the occurrence possibility of different accidental accidents and severity degree of a consequence caused by the accidental accidents.

The invention pertains to a system for assessing the level of social responsibility of a business and for monitoring improvements using the assessed level as a baseline. The system includes a self-assessment testing method which establishes a score or “grade” indicative of the level of social responsibility of the business which can be used for comparative purposes internally or externally. In terms of a business entity, the invention provides for a self-assessment process to objectively determine the level of social responsibility of the company in a manner subject to outside verification. The process isolates components of social responsibility. The results permit precise decision making implementing change and reevaluation. The process results in a score or grade that is subject to verification or auditing by an outside agency in order that it will be a meaningful assessment outside of the confines of the company and in a broader community. It may be used for comparison to industry standards, universal standards, past performance, or the like. In broader terms, the invention provides a vehicle for a sponsoring agency or a collaboration of entities (“sponsor”) to provide the business community with a means of verifiable self-assessment of the level of social responsibility of businesses. This permits the sponsor to adopt standards for the purpose of comparison of one business to another, to an industry group, to other industries, or to past performance.

Systems, methods, and apparatus consistent with the present invention may be used to enable a subject to alter an image of the subject's body based on the subject's self-evaluation of the actual condition of the subject's own body. The subject may be prompted to capture, using an image capture device, an initial body image. The subject may also be prompted to self-evaluate the actual condition of the subject's own body. Based on the subject's response to the self-evaluation prompt, the initial body image may be altered to reflect the self-evaluation of the subject.

A system and method to facilitate efficient gift giving is disclosed herein. Gift giver, gift recipient, advertisers/sponsors, and third party service providers participate in providing input at the gift evaluation, selection, purchase, delivery, and consumption stages to increase the likelihood of the gift recipient's satisfaction and consumption of the gift. The interactive environment facilitates opaque gathering of information from the relevant parties relative to each other.

A formative evaluation system utilizes information technology means to achieve on-line real-time evaluation of education process, records and analyzes behaviors, facial expressions and physiological signal data of students in a real-time manner during the teaching process, roundly reflects the physiological state and the psychological state of the students during the teaching process, sends the physiological state and the psychological state to an evaluation monitoring end in a real-time manner, achieves real-time information feedback and interaction among front-line teaching, teaching management of a teaching affairs office and parents, solves the lack of the monitoring and the analysis on the physiological state and the psychological state of the students during the teaching process in a conventional teaching management system, solves the lack of the important parents link in the conventional teaching management system, and improves the scientificity, the efficiency and the real time of the teaching management. The formative evaluation system can also evaluate whether or not the specific scientific concepts for the students are formed, can record the physiological state and the psychological state of the students during the examination process compared with an instructional interaction or evaluation system that only records the accuracy of questions answered by the students simply, and can improve the scientificity and the accuracy of the evaluation.

Systems, methods and devices are provided for assessing and/or treating pain, discomfort, and/or anxiety through the development of an algorithm based on a correlation between electroencephalography (EEG) signals received from a patient and the patient's self-assessed levels of pain. The pain detection algorithm is then applied to EEG signals obtained from any patient and used to assess the patient's level of pain without requiring other input from the patient. One or more devices in a system may be implemented to measure the EEG signals, apply the algorithm and display a level of pain in real-time to a patient or healthcare provider. The real-time pain assessment may be used to continuously monitor whether a patient is in pain and select one or more treatments to minimize the patient's perception of pain and avoid prescribing unnecessary medications.

The invention relates to a mountainous area highway landslide risk evaluation model. The method is based on the theory of fuzzy mathematics, uses fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method, Delphi method, analytic hierarchy process and other methods to calculate the membership influencing hazard and vulnerability of highway side slope so as to obtain index evaluation level of hazard and vulnerability of slide slope risk, on the basis, adopts method of risk evaluation matrix to carry out risk evaluation of talus side slope. The model can predict, recognize, assess and analyze the slide slope risk of side slope that is possible to meet, and on the basis effectively cope with the risk to avoid or reduce the hazard of landslide geological disaster on national economy and life and property of people, and can take measures such as corresponding prevention and treatment on the basis of judgment and prediction of development and change trend of the landslide body.

Systems and methods of matching employers to job applicants are provided. Job applicants provide self-assessment of their capabilities in certain abilities, skills, knowledge, and other employment-related attributes. Associates of the job applicants provide their assessment of the job applicant with respect to the same or substantially similar attributes. Employers post job positions specifying certain abilities, skills, and knowledge as being required or optional for job applicants for the position. Employers are matched with job applicants based on comparisons of the abilities, skills, and knowledge and other job attributes of the job applicants against the abilities, skills, and knowledge and other job attributes desired by the employers.

The invention relates to a multi-evaluation-index-based regional grid key line identification method. The method comprises the following steps: inputting power system parameters; calculating various evaluation index values of a line; after standardized processing, calculating weights of all indexes under subjective and objective weighting methods; establishing an optimal combination weight model based on a moment estimation theory to determine a comprehensive weight of the indexes; and according to a radar map, calculating a comprehensive evaluation result of the line and identifying a key line in the grid. According to the invention, the importance of the line is analyzed by using multiple indexes; and thus compared with the single evaluation index, the multiple indexes enable the resultto be comprehensive and reasonable. The index weights are determined by using the optimal combination weight model, so that advantages of the subjective and objective weighting methods are both considered. On the basis of the radar map method, the line is evaluated comprehensively, so that the influences on the key line identification result by various factors are reflected vividly and visually and thus the decision maker is assisted in making the correct strategy. With the method provided by the invention, the key line of the grid is identified well and the evaluation result conforms to the actual operation condition of the grid.

A tool to assess risks associated with software applications, and controls implemented to mitigate these risks, includes a first software component configured to gather information about the risks and controls, and a second software component configured to display the gathered information. The first software component includes a self-assessment tool which is invoked by a user to enter information reflective of risk levels over a number of risk categories. These risk levels are used to calculate a risk score associated with a particular application. The user also enters information as to whether or not a number of specific control attributes have been implemented, and this information is used to calculate a control score. This process may be repeated for each of several software applications. The second software component allows one to selectively display various subsets, or even the entire population, of the collected information by invoking various combinations of parametric filters on the compiled information.

The invention discloses a highway tunnel traffic accident risk evaluation method based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process. The method includes the following steps: formulating a plurality of evaluation indices to obtain an evaluation index domain, dividing a highway tunnel into three research sections, establishing respective index system for each research section; formulating a plurality of evaluation levels to obtain an evaluation level domain; separately computing the fuzzy degree of membership of respective evaluation index to respective evaluation level, constructing a degree of membership matrix; computing a weight vector of the evaluation indices; on the basis of the weight vector and the degree of membership matrix, synthesizing a comprehensive evaluation vector; computing a risk value, on the basis of the risk value, determining risk conditions. According to the invention, by using the fuzzy matrix and the application of the analytic hierarchy process to risk evaluation, the method can analyze respective uncertain factor and index that appear in the course of risk evaluation; by setting a first level index and a second level index, the method can consider from a multiple aspects and can deliver more comprehensive analysis by dividing the tunnel into three regions and make related talks, the method herein takes the minimum evaluation value as a final evaluation result. The evaluation is more much reasonable.