SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PREPARING DATA FOR ANALYSIS

摘要

A method of preparing data for analysis, comprising the steps of receiving an initial data set including a plurality of records, each of the plurality of records including an identifier attribute and an associative attribute that identifies a further one or more records; receiving the further one or more records identified by the associative attribute in each of the plurality of records; and associating the further one or more records with the initial data set to form a final data set.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of automated preparation of a set of data for analysis, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) retrieving from non-volatile memory or via a communication network a mapping input data set including a plurality of records, each of the plurality of records including an identifier attribute value and at least one associative attribute value, the identifier attribute value being an identifier for the record and each associative attribute value being an identifier of another record; (b) forming one or more networks from records of the mapping input data set by: (c) determining a plurality of direct connections, each one direct connection linking one record of the plurality of data records of the mapping input data set that share at least one common identifier attribute value, to form one or more networks of data records to another one record of the mapping input data set as a pair of data records, where the identifier attribute value of one record of the pair is the same as an associative attribute value of the other record of the pair; and (d) determining a set of records for each of the one or more networks based on the direct connections, where each record of the network forms a pair via a direct connection with at least one other record in the network; and (e) processing at least one of the one or more networks for further analysis or display.