Graph-Based Ensemble Learning for Fraud Pattern Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a lack of an effective ensemble machine learning system integrated with a graph structure that can efficiently process and analyze relationships between entities and detect emerging patterns in transaction data.

Innovation Solution

A machine learning system is developed that includes a graph module to store and update transaction data, with nodes representing entity types and edges representing relationships, and an ensemble of machine learning sub-engines to train models, classify nodes, detect emerging patterns, and adjust feature vectors to minimize loss functions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If machine learning algorithms are used to label data and detect patterns in large datasets, then productivity and automation are improved, but device complexity and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata processing efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the machine learning task into multiple specialized sub-engines, each handling specific entity types or pattern recognition tasks. This division allows parallel processing of different data streams while maintaining modular complexity management, resolving the contradiction between high productivity and controlled system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces intermediate data structures and processing layers that mediate between raw input data and final pattern recognition outcomes. These intermediaries organize and pre-process data in ways that reduce the computational burden on core learning algorithms, enabling high productivity without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If ensemble machine learning systems are implemented to improve pattern detection accuracy, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepattern detection accuracyVSAvoidensemble system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The ensemble system is segmented into specialized sub-engines, each optimized for detecting specific types of patterns or analyzing particular entity types. This segmentation allows the system to achieve high measurement precision for different pattern classes while managing complexity through modular architecture, where each segment can be independently optimized and maintained.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements universal data structures and processing frameworks that serve multiple sub-engines simultaneously. This multi-functionality allows the ensemble system to achieve high detection accuracy across diverse pattern types without proportionally increasing complexity, as shared infrastructure components serve multiple specialized functions.

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

3Measurement precision

If graph structures are used to represent entities and relationships for better relationship analysis, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity and memory requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverelationship analysis accuracyVSAvoidgraph structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The graph structure is segmented into multiple entity type-specific subgraphs, each managed by corresponding sub-engines. This segmentation allows precise relationship analysis within each entity type while reducing overall graph complexity through modular organization. The system can focus computational resources on specific subgraphs rather than processing the entire graph uniformly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by optimizing graph representation and processing for specific entity types and relationship patterns. Different parts of the graph structure use customized data representations and processing strategies tailored to their specific analytical requirements, improving measurement precision for relationship analysis while managing complexity through localized optimizations rather than uniform global structures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS12547647B2Unsupervised machine learning system to automate functions on a graph structure
Publication Date: 2026.02.10 BANK OF AMERICA CORP
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AI summary

Machine learning models, semantic networks, adaptive systems, artificial neural networks, convolutional neural networks, and other forms of knowledge processing systems are disclosed. An ensemble machine learning system is coupled to a graph module storing a graph structure, wherein a collection of entities and the relationships between those entities forms nodes and connection arcs between the various nodes. A hotfile module and hotfile propagation engine coordinate with the graph module or may be subsumed within the graph module, and implement the various hot file functionality generated by the machine learning systems.