Semantically-Enriched Diagnosis Model Automation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current diagnostic methods lack the ability to automatically and efficiently derive semantically enriched diagnosis models from data points, which limits their effectiveness in identifying potential causes of system abnormalities in real-time or historical contexts.

Innovation Solution

A computing system that retrieves data points from sensors or databases, semantically annotates them, creates variables representing physical conditions, identifies relationships, and parameterizes a diagnosis model using statistical or data mining techniques to map potential causes to system abnormalities, enabling automatic detection of causes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If automated derivation of diagnosis models is implemented, then diagnostic efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvediagnostic efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The diagnosis model creation process is segmented into distinct modules: data retrieval from sensors/databases, semantic annotation, variable creation, relationship identification, and parameterization. Each module handles a specific aspect of the complex process, making the overall system more manageable and maintainable while achieving automated diagnostic model generation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Semantic annotations serve as an intermediary layer between raw data points and the diagnosis model. The system introduces semantic concepts that bridge the gap between sensor data and diagnostic rules, enabling automated model creation without requiring complex direct mappings between all data elements and diagnostic outcomes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If semantic enrichment is applied to diagnosis models, then diagnostic accuracy is improved, but data processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvediagnostic accuracyVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs semantic annotation and enrichment activities in advance during the model creation phase, rather than in real-time during diagnosis execution. Historical data is pre-processed and semantically enriched to build the diagnosis model beforehand, allowing rapid querying during actual diagnostic operations without sacrificing accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system transforms raw sensor data into semantically enriched variables with defined relationships and parameters. By changing the representation format from raw data points to structured semantic variables with predefined relationships, the system achieves both high diagnostic accuracy and efficient processing during model execution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If statistical and data mining techniques are used for parameterization, then model reliability is improved, but computational resources required increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemodel reliabilityVSAvoidcomputational resources
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies statistical and data mining techniques selectively to the most critical parameters and relationships in the diagnosis model, rather than uniformly processing all data. This partial application of complex techniques focuses computational resources on high-impact areas, achieving model reliability where it matters most while conserving overall computational resources.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS11734583B2Automated creation of semantically-enriched diagnosis models
Publication Date: 2023.08.22 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

A system, method and a computer program product may be provided for automatically creating and parameterizing a semantically-enriched diagnosis model for an entity. The system receives a list of data points, from sensors or a database, to be used to create a diagnosis model. The system automatically creates the diagnosis model based on the received list of data points and data stored in a database and parameterizes the diagnosis model. The parameterized diagnosis model reflects rules that determine one or more potential causes of one or more abnormalities of one or more physical conditions in the entity.