Automated Topic Model Prototyping System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current topic modeling tools require significant expertise and manual effort, leading to inconsistencies and long development times, making them unsuitable for real-world applications, especially in time-sensitive and highly regulated industries.

Innovation Solution

An automated topic modeling system that includes a data manipulation engine for ingesting and preprocessing data, a feature extraction engine for generating numeric representations, and an autonomous model generator for automatically training topic models, along with a data visualizer for output generation and user interaction, allowing for rapid prototyping and visualization of topic models.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Extent of automation

If traditional manual topic modeling processes are used, then deep expertise and manual effort can produce topic models, but the process requires significant expertise, manual effort, and time, leading to inconsistencies and long development times

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomation of topic model prototypingVSAvoidcomplexity of topic modeling system
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The topic modeling system is segmented into distinct functional modules: data manipulation engine for data ingestion and preprocessing, feature extraction engine for transforming data into numeric representations, autonomous model generator for automatic model training, and data visualizer for output generation. This segmentation allows each module to be independently optimized and managed, reducing overall system complexity while enabling automation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system is designed as a universal platform that can handle various data sources and generate topic models across different domains without requiring domain-specific customization. The standardized pipeline accepts diverse input data and produces consistent output formats, making the complex system applicable to multiple use cases including time-sensitive and regulated environments.

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

2Reliability

If traditional manual topic modeling processes are used, then topic models can be developed with expert guidance, but the significant manual effort required creates a lack of consistency and rigor in application

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconsistency and rigor of topic modeling applicationVSAvoidease of topic model prototyping
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by establishing a standardized pipeline with predefined data manipulation, feature extraction, and model generation procedures. This standardization ensures consistency and rigor in topic modeling application across different users and domains, eliminating variability introduced by manual processes while maintaining ease of operation through automated execution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The data visualizer module provides feedback by generating visual representations of topic model outputs, allowing users to verify model quality and consistency. This feedback mechanism ensures that automated topic modeling maintains rigor and reliability while being easy to operate, as users can quickly assess results without requiring deep expertise.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If traditional manual topic modeling processes are used, then topic models can be trained with careful attention to detail, but the training process takes a long time and is difficult to perform quickly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeed of topic model developmentVSAvoidtime required for topic model training
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The autonomous model generator performs self-service by automatically training topic models without requiring manual intervention or expert guidance. The system independently executes the complete training process from data preprocessing to model generation, dramatically reducing development time while maintaining quality through automated best practices.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables continuous topic model development by automating the entire pipeline, allowing multiple models to be trained sequentially or in parallel without interruption. This continuity eliminates the time losses associated with manual process transitions and enables rapid prototyping of multiple topic models for different domains or time-sensitive applications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

4Adaptability or versatility

If traditional manual topic modeling processes are used, then expert analysts can produce accurate topic models, but the need for deep expertise limits application in domains where such expertise is not available

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveapplicability of topic modeling across different domainsVSAvoidexpertise required for topic modeling
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system acts as an intermediary between raw data and topic model insights, encapsulating complex modeling algorithms and best practices within automated modules. This intermediary layer eliminates the need for users to possess deep topic modeling expertise while maintaining high-quality model generation, enabling widespread application across domains without requiring specialized knowledge.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12174874B1Systems and methods for automated prototyping of a topic model
Publication Date: 2024.12.24 WELLS FARGO BANK NA
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AI summary

Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for automated prototyping of a topic model. An example method includes a data manipulation engine ingesting and pre-processing source data from a set of data sources, a feature extraction engine that thereafter transforms the pre-processed data into a set of numeric representations of the pre-processed data, and an autonomous model generator that automatically generates a trained topic model using the set of numeric representations. Embodiments further enable visualization of topic model output, which permits a user to easily consume and utilize information from a topic model for any number of purposes.