Method and Apparatus for Analysing Data Representing Attributes of Physical Entities

摘要

Analysis of electronic data which comprises, for each of a set of physical entities, attribute values representing attributes of the respective physical entity and an outcome value representing an observed outcome for the entity which may be used to generate a model for predicting the outcome value for another physical entity of the same type. The data is processed using a statistical modelling method to generate a model based on the data. The method then involves calculating a case deleted estimate of the outcome value for each of the set of physical entities using the processor; calculating a measure of the deviance of the case deleted estimates from the actual outcome values in the input data; and outputting the calculated deviance measure to the data storage for retrieval by a user.

主权项

1. A method for analysing input data using a processor, wherein the input data comprises, for each set of physical entities, attribute values representing attributes of the respective physical entity and an outcome value representing an observed outcome for the respective physical entity, the analysis generates a model for predicting an outcome value for a further physical entity based on input data comprising attribute values associated with the further physical entity, the method comprising:
receiving, by the processor, the input data and storing the input data in an electronic data storage; retrieving, by the processor, the input data from the data storage and processing the input data using a statistical modelling method to generate the model based on the input data; calculating, by the processor, a case deleted estimate of the outcome value for each set of physical entities; calculating, by the processor, a measure of deviance of the case deleted estimates from the outcome values of the input data; and outputting, by the processor, the measure of deviance to the data storage for retrieval by a user.