Meta-graph Event-Action Pairing for Complex Systems

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems lack effective methods for efficiently pairing events with appropriate actions in complex systems, such as logistics and AI applications, due to data sparsity, non-trivial relationships, and the need for reliable and reproducible event-action recommendations.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a meta-graph facilitated event-action pairing system using a multiple-layer architecture that includes an input layer, knowledge layer, selection layer, meta-graph layer, validation layer, and scoring layer, which leverages meta-graphs to recommend actions based on semantic relatedness and evaluates them for transfer learning reliability and reproducibility.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional event-action pairing methods are used in complex systems, then the system structure remains simple, but the pairing reliability deteriorates due to data sparsity and non-trivial relationships

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevent-action pairing reliabilityVSAvoidsystem structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the event-action pairing process into multiple specialized layers: event detection layer, meta-graph construction layer, action recommendation layer, and validation layer. Each layer handles specific sub-tasks independently, improving pairing reliability by addressing data sparsity and non-trivial relationships at appropriate stages without requiring complete system redesign.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces meta-graphs as intermediary structures between events and actions. These meta-graphs serve as mediators that capture semantic relationships and contextual information, enabling reliable event-action pairing even when direct data connections are sparse or non-trivial, without significantly increasing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If a comprehensive validation framework is implemented across multiple layers, then the reproducibility of event-action pairing improves, but the computational complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevent-action pairing reproducibilityVSAvoidcomputational framework complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary validation actions at each layer before final event-action pairing is established. Event detection is validated before meta-graph construction, and action recommendations are validated before final pairing. This staged validation approach improves reproducibility by ensuring each transformation step is verified, while distributing computational complexity across manageable layers rather than concentrating it in a single complex validation stage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If meta-graphs are used to capture semantic relatedness, then the accuracy of action recommendations improves, but the data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaction recommendation accuracyVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts semantic relationships from complex event data and consolidates them into meta-graph structures. By taking out and separating semantic information from raw event data, the system achieves accurate action recommendations based on semantic relatedness while reducing the complexity of processing raw data, as the meta-graphs provide a simplified yet rich representation for action selection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS11710047B2Complex system for meta-graph facilitated event-action pairing
Publication Date: 2023.07.25 ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LTD
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AI summary

A system maintains a knowledge layout to support the building of event response recommendations. Meta-graph patterns may be used to determine semantic relatedness between events and actions in response. Event-action node pairs are then constructed.