Dynamic Knowledge Graph for Adaptive Query Response

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing knowledge management systems fail to provide specific and optimal responses to user queries as they rely on fixed ontologies that do not consider external stimuli, leading to general answers rather than personalized responses.

Innovation Solution

A self-configuring dynamic knowledge base representation system that adjusts based on external events and meta-data, such as query origin, time, and environmental conditions, to provide user-specific answers by modeling knowledge representation as a graph with edge weights determined by conditional probabilities.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a fixed ontology is used for knowledge representation, then the system structure is simple and stable, but the system cannot adapt to specific user queries and external stimuli

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to user queriesVSAvoidknowledge base complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a dynamic ontology that automatically reconfigures itself based on external stimuli and user queries. The knowledge representation transitions from a static structure to a dynamic one that adapts its topology, node activations, and edge weights according to the specific query context, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes parameters of the knowledge base representation including node activation states, edge weight values, and ontology topology based on external stimuli. This allows the same knowledge base to provide different levels of detail and focus for different users without requiring multiple fixed ontologies

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If a fixed ontology is used for knowledge representation, then the system is easy to maintain, but it provides general answers rather than specific responses to user inquiries

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanswer specificityVSAvoidsystem maintenance ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The ontology performs self-configuration and self-optimization automatically in response to user queries and external stimuli. The system self-adjusts its knowledge representation without requiring manual intervention, maintaining answer specificity while preserving ease of operation through automated adaptation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Measurement precision

If comprehensive knowledge analysis is performed to provide specific answers, then the answer quality improves, but the processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanswer accuracyVSAvoidquery processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-configures the knowledge base ontology and pre-identifies relevant knowledge nodes and relationships before user queries are submitted. This preliminary preparation enables rapid retrieval and analysis of relevant information, providing accurate answers without excessive processing time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9104966B2Self configuring knowledge base representation
Publication Date: 2015.08.11 TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD
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AI summary

A self configuring knowledge representation system and method is presented which self configures based on the external stimuli in order to answer the query in a way best suited to the user. The domain knowledge representation here is by way of graphs that allows the knowledge to self configure based on the query intent to give “specific” to the query answers.