Analytics Platform Automating Performance Prediction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current data analytics methods lack efficiency in identifying and predicting the performance attributes of entities such as employees or students, relying on subjective human evaluation and manual processes that are time-consuming and resource-intensive.

Innovation Solution

An analytics platform utilizing machine learning, artificial intelligence, and statistical analysis to generate user interfaces for data collection, identify characteristic attributes, and train predictive models to automate the evaluation process, enabling objective and efficient assessment of performance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If subjective human evaluation and manual processes are used to identify and predict performance attributes, then human judgment and flexibility are maintained, but the process becomes time-consuming and resource-intensive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveperformance attribute identification accuracyVSAvoidevaluation process time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual human evaluation processes with an automated analytics platform that uses machine learning models, statistical analysis, and text analytics to identify and predict performance attributes. This substitution of mechanical/manual processes with automated computational systems directly resolves the contradiction by maintaining measurement precision through algorithmic analysis while dramatically reducing the time required for evaluation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The analytics platform enables self-service evaluation by automatically collecting data, training predictive models, and generating performance assessments without requiring manual human intervention for each evaluation. The system serves itself by autonomously performing data processing, model training, and attribute identification, thereby eliminating time-consuming manual processes while maintaining accurate performance attribute identification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Measurement precision

If manual processes are used for data collection and analysis, then human oversight is maintained, but the process becomes resource-intensive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveattribute identification accuracyVSAvoidcomputational resources
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-training machine learning models on historical data and pre-processing data collection frameworks before actual performance evaluations are needed. The analytics platform prepares predictive models in advance using training datasets, so that when evaluation is required, the system can quickly apply existing models rather than performing intensive computational analysis from scratch. This preliminary preparation reduces real-time computational resource consumption while maintaining accurate attribute identification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Productivity

If automated analytics platforms are implemented, then efficiency and objectivity are improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevaluation efficiencyVSAvoidanalytics platform complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The analytics platform is designed as a universal system that performs multiple functions: data collection, text analytics, predictive modeling, attribute identification, and performance assessment. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single multi-functional platform, the system achieves high evaluation efficiency across different applications while managing complexity through integration rather than proliferation of separate systems. The universal design allows the same core infrastructure to serve multiple evaluation purposes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Measurement precision

If comprehensive data analysis is performed, then prediction accuracy is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveperformance prediction accuracyVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and identifies only the most relevant characteristic attributes from comprehensive datasets using text analytics and machine learning. Rather than processing all available data equally, the system selectively extracts the key attributes that most strongly correlate with performance outcomes. This extraction of essential features maintains high prediction accuracy by focusing on the most informative data elements while significantly reducing the time required to process comprehensive datasets.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS10388179B2Analytics platform
Publication Date: 2019.08.20 ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LTD
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AI summary

An analytics platform may generate one or more user interfaces based on the set of testing parameters. The analytics platform may provide the one or more user interfaces. The analytics platform may receive first test information corresponding to first respondents. The analytics platform may identify, based on the first test information and based on information identifying particular respondents of the first respondents, characteristic attributes of the particular respondents. The analytics platform may train, based on the values of the characteristic attributes and performance information associated with the first respondents, a predictive model. The analytics platform may obtain the second test information corresponding to the one or more second respondents. The analytics platform may determine the predicted performance information associated with the one or more second respondents using the predictive model. The analytics platform may perform an action based on the predicted performance information.