| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus for predicting whether a specified threshold is likely to be exceeded for a specified predictor, based on preexisting information about related predictors and associated outcomes. If each predictor vector has n components, and the value of the outcome associated with m such predictor vectors is known, then the present invention shows how to guess the outcome associated with another predictor vector in fewer computational steps and more accurately than any previously known method. The invention is of great use in any situation where it is useful to be able to decide between two alternatives. More generally, the invention can be applied to problems where whether to adopt one alternative or the other depends on the value of a threshold.
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