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It was fun, you need to get registered before. Can try your luck. It was addictive and we end up loosing some money. They don't allow you to take pictures inside and even make me...
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It was fun, you need to get registered before. Can try your luck. It was addictive and we end up loosing some money. They don't allow you to take pictures inside and even make me delete one photo which I had taken accidentally.
A few of us drove to genting and decided to try our luck it wasn't a bad day.The casino was nice but the minimum bets for genting poker was 100 I believe it has increased but not bad had a good time for few hours.Will go back again.
We went here hoping for an amazing time, although we did have fun there a few things to be aware of.
If you western (international) you need to register to play in the casino that takes AGES. (1-2 hours)
It is FULL of Chinese people who spit everywhere (Inside included) They also have a tendency to stare at western women...
I am surprised to see that the minimum bets in Genting still affordable. Everything outside there have their price hike up but not Casino de Genting minimum bets. Although, the politician can't give any comment because this is gambling. However, i want to say this to the casino's management team: Low minimum bets attracts more visitors to the casinos, more...
As casinos around the world go, Genting is nothing special. I don't know the intricacies of Genting, but it almost feels like it is a group of casinos in the complex, the experiences vary from poor to reasonable. The gaming floors vary from smoke filled market like atmospheres to others that resemble the more typical casinos.
The resort around the...
Lots of fun to play and hang out with friends. They have an excellent selection in the bar/lounge. I stayed at the hotel and it was nice but the best part of this adventure was the ride up in the tram
Genting divides our family. My parent live in Malaysia and my dad dislikes it immensely, my mother thinks it's overpriced and I quite like it. It is not quite up to the standards of the better vegas resorts or the new resorts in Singapore but has a certain charm of it's own.
The casino is the main attraction as it...
As a newbie, it was a nice place to get a look and feel of a casino. There were several options for various levels but I stuck to some basic stuff. There is a seperate non smoking section as well. But some of the ushers were very rude.
Casino De Genting has been established for many years. The Casino started off , calling the expert from Walker Hill Casino , South Korea. Initially, there is only one main Casino in the Genting Hotel. It has now several Casinos; and hotels; catering to the different levels of clients.
The First World hotel is now mainly for packaged tours groups;...
My husband and I joined Vietravel Tour Company for a 6D/5N Singapore and Malaysia. Genting Casino area was one of the stops a day before our tour ended. Ms. Đào, our young and beautiful tour guide, along with Mr. Dennis (Columbia Tour Company in Malaysia) did a fantastic job. Our group had two members using wheelchair and they coordinated the...
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Continue until shallots are cooked like very soft and have thick buttery and beefy glaze
Strip the leaves from the chard, wash and set to one side. Trim the stalks of any blemishes and cut into sticks about 5cm long and 2 cm wide.
Bring a pot of water to the boil on the stove with a little salt and throw in the stalks, return to the boil, then drain and cool under cold water.
In the meantime heat the frying pan over a high heat and melt the butter. Add the blanched stalks, cook for 3 minutes and then add the leaves, stirring until they wilt. Season, squeeze in the juice of one lemon and add the capers & the chopped anchovies. Cook for 2 minutes.
Serve the chard onto warm large plates and reserve the juice. Place the steak on the top, pour over the remaining juice from the pan.
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I want to cut off the bottom to make it look more like a tree where it would show a bottom trunk. Will this work for a dwarf alberta spruce? If yes, when would be the best season to do it?
Dwarf form spruce are often used as Bonsai material. That says that the plant is ideally suitable for training and creating a well balanced design. It is recommended that spring through summer is the best time for general pruning. I personally would do branch pruning only one branch at a time and would do it only during late autumn and winter. I use sharp, clean shears or hand pruners.
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SCHOOLS & KIDSA new look at justice
Youth justice is taking on a new face in Pleasanton. Read the full story here http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/story.php?story_id=10278...Original post made on Mar. 8, 2013
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SCHOOLS & KIDSSchool board to learn more about teaching teachers at meeting today
The Pleasanton School Board will learn more about instructional coaching at a study session set for later today. Read the...Original post made on Apr. 9, 2013
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Letter - Passion Drama support
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Good Shepherd and Zion Lutheran Church would like to say thank you to all our visitors who weathered the cold and viewed the Passion Drama this year.
We feel very blessed to share Jesus' story. Nearly 3,000 people attended.
Thank you so much to the many businesses who lent their support.
We will again be guarding the tomb of Christ beginning this Friday from noon to 5 a.m. Easter morning.
Ted and Brenda Haar,
Jeff and Lucy Roste
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Do People Catch HIV From Touching Scratch On Skin
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Herpes Zoster (Shingles)...blisters, they will not "catch" shingles. However, people who have not had chickenpox could become infected with herpes zoster and develop chickenpox. They should avoid contact with the shingles rash or with anything that may have touched the shingles rash or blisters. How Is Shingles Treated? Several types of drugs are used to treat shingles. They include anti-herpes drugs, and several types of treatment for pain. Antiviral drugs: ...
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We (my daughter and I) just donated and it felt Wonderful!!Dear Dr. Bob, We (my daughter and I) just made a donation to your Foundation and it feels good. I hope $50.00 can touch somebody's life in a good way. Maybe you can help me understand something. My daughter went to a restaurant and she ordered R&R...
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The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation...James Frascino AIDS Foundation (www.concertedeffort.org). It's warmly appreciated. I can assure you that your one gift will touch many lives in desperate need. For instance, it only costs 85 cents to provide antiretroviral drugs to an... Read more »
Your Foundation is now a part of our lives. Thank You Dr. BobDr. Bob, My wife and I are very proud to be donators towards your organization and we tell everybody. It helps us to feel to be a part of the movement to help people with Life. WE will always be a part of your life through letting us help you with...
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The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation...Hello Michael,Once again, absolutely no HIV-acquisition risk whatsoever. If HIV were transmitted so easily, it would have wiped out the planet long ago.Dr. Bob Read more »
HIV in spit?I was at work today and a customer was very heated that I wouldn't allow him to use a credit card that belonged to his wife. We have rules that no one but the card holder can use a credit card... he was unhappy and even looking drunk (happy 4th of...
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The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation...garbage cans here. Don't know what they are looking for. My question is, if a person who has HIV+ just went through and has been touching my garbage and digging around all inside the can and he/she was grabbing on everything THE LID AND INSIDE OF... Read more »
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Niko... thank you on the compliments on the brake lines. It only took me two tries to make it right this time... ..... I had made an initial one from some soft wire to get a general shape and then took me only 2 tries with the music wire.
1/16 Scale Army Vega Funny Car - Updated 3/22/2015 Fire Bottle brackets Alcladed
Posted 10 June 2013 - 07:35 AM
Posted 10 June 2013 - 08:33 AM
I would say these are Moroso filters
Posted 10 June 2013 - 08:49 AM
Posted 10 June 2013 - 09:12 AM
Continuing 'Wow!'
Posted 10 June 2013 - 09:50 AM
Hans... Thank you for your opinion on the filter. I just google Moroso filters and it looks like that's what is on the funny car. Looks like I need to redo the filters and see if someone can draw the decal up for me.
Are you replicating the restored car or the original?? Id would not amaze me if the Moroso ones were not on the original (but i'm not sure)
Posted 10 June 2013 - 10:19 AM
Chris...Looking great! cant really think out much else to say about it....just cant wait to see more is all.
Posted 10 June 2013 - 11:04 AM
Hans... I am replicating the restored car since those were the only reference pics I was able to find. I was at a loss of what brand of filters were on the restored car otjer than they were white lol.
Dave... thanks buddy. I am currently painting the couplings for the resr end and transmission so i can mount the rearend for goot and hook up the brake line and fittings
Posted 10 June 2013 - 01:24 PM
What are the two decals on the restored car that are located between the Cragar and RAC decals? They sort of look like Lee, but I can't confirm that. I trust you've got the decals from the kit so you should be able read them much more easily. I googled Lee oil filters and the company colors appear to be red and white. Are your filters supposed to be Lee units???
Posted 10 June 2013 - 01:37 PM
this is come clean, neat detailing you got going bro.... keep it coming...
Posted 10 June 2013 - 01:57 PM
Scott... Those sticker between Crager and RAC do say Lee on both. I had googled lee filters too and they were not the colors in the one reference pic I showed. the reference pics show black and white and just as you said lee filters are red and white. I would assume from the sponsor decals that they should be lee oil filters. Maybe they put on what they had when restoring the car
Tyrone... Thanks man. I am trying to do it to the best I can.
Posted 10 June 2013 - 02:15 PM
Ok so I pulled the airbrush out for a few earlier to paint a couple of parts so I could get the rear end mounted for the last time and can hook up the brake line from the master cylinder to the "T" fitting. also got the oil filter housing painted Alclad chrome as well as I did another spoon test with the chrome and got a better result this time.
Here is the drive shaft Couplings painted Alclad Magnesium:
Here is the oil filter housing painted Alclad Chrome:
Alclad Chrome with Aqua gloss Clear on top:
Alclad Chrome with no clear, I still think it looks better with no clear at all:
Here is the difference between my original spoon test (the two spoons on top) compared to todays test by spraying it a different way (the 3 spoons on bottom):
Posted 10 June 2013 - 02:21 PM
Chris.......looks sooooooo good man..........really does
Posted 11 June 2013 - 05:50 AM
John.... Thanks my Big Brother. I am really happy with how the Alclad turned out this time. I do have to say that it does look better left with no clear on it. The aqua gloss clear even tones it down just a tad but will seal the chrome.
Posted 11 June 2013 - 10:05 AM
Looks pretty good....little hard to tell from the the pictures but I am sure in person and side by side its more obvious.
I have some of the Alclad chorme I need to use it on some of my stuff. I have a set of wheels that need to be Re Chromed so to speak on a Monza that on the bench....So I will have to give it a try on them.
Posted 11 June 2013 - 01:18 PM
Chris, I admire the lengths you will go to for accuracy. Frame looks great and I'm sure all of the accessories, including the oil filters, will be right on the money.
Posted 11 June 2013 - 04:40 PM
The couplers look good but they are more a silver finish than they are a magnesium color. When I was at Lenco we'd heat treat the couplers then bead blast them, giving them the silver color. I'd have to say the closest to it would probably be TS30 from Tamyia, (silver leaf) It's a straight flat silver with no metallic color in it. Dull coat it and done.
Are you going to the the drive shaft stars and the clamps also?
Posted 11 June 2013 - 04:47 PM
Regarding the oil filters, I found this on the Internet;
"Lee Eliminators was an advertising promotion for Filter Dynamics Corp. / brand name Lee Oil Filters....Many of the top drag teams in the early 70's had an associate product/cash sponsorship with them for many years....They may have merged or been bought out by another company....Lee Oil Filters eventually disapeared in the mid to late 80's and are no longer produced"....
In all probability, Prudhomme likely ran Lee Filters on the original car but by the time the car was restored, Lee was long gone....So it's anybody's guess what was used on the restoration....I'd bet Prudhomme's right hand crew man, Willie Wolter would know....He still works with Prudhomme at the shop restoring cars I believe.
Posted 11 June 2013 - 08:57 PM
Mate all I can say is incredible .
Posted 11 June 2013 - 11:42 PM
Incredible work and craftmanship Chris.
Speechless and for the rest I'm drooling all over my keyboard which ....................
Keep them updates coming man.
Posted 13 June 2013 - 05:31 AM
Dave... Thanks bud. you are right that in the picture its a little hard to tell the difference between the Alcad that is cleared and the one that isn't. but in person you can tell.
Joe... Thanks man. I am trying to make this as accurate as I can but I know it won't be 100% and that is ok with me.
Paul... Thank you for the information. I really appreciate it. I checked my paint stash and I found that I did not have any of the TS30 Silver leaf from Tamiya. So I looked at Tamiyas website to see if they carried it in bottles so I could spray it out of my airbrush and they didn't. So I had Tamiyas Titanium Silver x-32 in a bottle. I just got done repainting the couplers and I will post a pic of the before and after to see what you think. I was thinking about doing the clamps and as for the drive shaft stars are you talking about the Gear splines on the end of the drive shaft??
Lee... thank you for the information and link on the Lee Filters. I bet you are right that he ran them back then and its anybodies guess what they put on the restored car.
Darryl... Thanks Mate!
Mark... Thank you for the kind words. I am hoping to get more progress done on this today. I need the couplings to dry so I can get the rear end installed with the brake line to the master cylinder and call it good and move on to the next part of this build.


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A method of operating a plurality of electrical and/or electronic devices connected with a data processing apparatus is disclosed as including the steps of (a) detecting occurrence of events of the devices (b) recording data relating to some of said detected events in a database; (c) ordering the recorded events into sequences of events chronologically and/or geographically; (d) comparing a detected event with the sequences of events for finding a matched sequence of events; and (e) performing the remaining events in the matched sequence.
1. A method for adaptively managing a location including a plurality of electrical and/or electronic devices communicatively connected with a data processing apparatus, the method including the steps of:
(a) receiving, at the data processing apparatus, information indicating occurrences of events of at least one of said devices, wherein an event is a change in state of a respective one of said devices;
(b) recording data relating to at least some of said detected events in a computer-readable database;
(c) ordering said recorded data of detected events into at least one sequence of detected events;
(d) comparing the sequence of detected events with a sequence of past events stored in said database; and
(e) modifying the stored sequence of past events based on the comparison.
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This invention relates to a method of adaptive learning through pattern matching, which may advantageously be implemented in a data processing system, and a system adapted to work such a method.
Such a method and system may be used in a large variety of situations, but for the purpose of illustration, the present invention will herebelow be discussed and explained mainly by reference to a method and system for management of various electrical and/or electronic devices in a premises. It should of course be understood by those skilled in the art that the use of such a method and system is not so limited.
A premises to be managed by a system and a method according to the present invention may be wired up with a number of electrical and/or electronic sensors, detectors and devices, all of which being connected, monitored and controlled by a distributed network of controllers and servers communicating via a digital communications backbone, as detailed in Hong Kong Short-Term Patent No. HK 1052830. These devices, sensors and detectors may include, e.g. motion detectors, window/door contact switches, smoke detectors, light sensors, pressure sensors, sound sensors, etc. All events and occurrences (e.g. tripping of a motion detectors, turning on lights, walking past a corridor, etc.) in the premises are thus detectable by the system via these sensors and detectors and these events are constantly monitored by the system. Specific actions may be initiated and performed by the system upon the detection of an event, which are usually pre-defined or pre-scripted. It is not the purpose of this invention to depict how the actual detectors and sensors and monitoring equipment are to be connected, or how such detection is performed. Suffice to say that, the premises is assumed to have been installed with adequate detection and sensing equipment to enable rapid detection of any event happening in the premises by a management method and system according to the present invention.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating a plurality of electrical and/or electronic devices connected with a data processing apparatus, including the steps of (a) detecting occurrence of events of at least one of said devices; (b) recording data relating to at least some of said detected events in a database; (c) ordering said recorded events into at least one sequence of events; and (d) comparing a detected event with said sequence(s) of events.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system including a plurality of electrical and/or electronic devices connected with a data processing apparatus, including (a) means for detecting occurrence of events of at least one of said devices; (b) means for recording at least some of said detected events in a database; (c) means for ordering said recorded events into at least one sequence of events; and (d) means for comparing a detected event with said sequence(s) of events.
Embodiments of the present invention will now be described, by way of examples only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
The main purpose of the present invention is to introduce intelligence into, e.g. a system for the management of a premises, through a system allowing, and a method including, pattern matching and adaptive learning. In other words, upon detection of an event, the system can actually make intelligent decisions according to its own accumulated experience and learning without having to resort to pre-programmed sequences.
For example, let us assume that a user enters the premises with his/her keycard. The system detects the scanning of the keycard at a card reader and notices the presence of the user. The system then detects that the user turns on the lights in the room, sets the temperature control in the room to 21� C., and puts on a classical music album on the audio system. The premises management system records these events in the history log, and since no particular actions have been pre-programmed based on these events, the system will simply do nothing but continue to observe and record.
Further assume that the user repeats this sequence of actions a few times, each time entering the premises with his/her keycard, turning on the same lights, setting the temperature control to 21� C., and putting on the same classical music album. The present intelligent management system will then infer the causal relationship (a �behavior� of the user) between entering the room with this user's keycard and his/her subsequent actions. The next time this user scans his/her keycard to enter the premises, the system can actually propose to turn on the lights, set climate control to 21� C. and put on music without the user having to lift another finger. The system may automatically perform these actions for the user until the user specifically stops it, or the system may prompt the user for confirmation via speech messages announced on the speakers installed in the room, and obtain the user's confirmation via speech recognition via a microphone installed in the room.
Notice that this sequence of actions has never been pre-programmed or pre-scripted in the present management system. It was never envisioned by the system's programmers and designers; instead, the present intelligent management system infers such sequences and does its own programming. The resulting benefit is that a typical user will consider the premises to have �intelligence�, and the physical benefits are added convenience and reduction in repetitive, manual labor.
In order to implement such an adaptive-learning premises management method and system, the system must include three crucial modules, each invoked at a different time and in different sequence. The three modules are:
First and foremost, in order for an intelligent premises management system according to the present invention to be able to infer behavior, there must be adequate data. In the current implementation, all sensing and detecting devices connected to the system have respective state values, and the change of any state value of any of these sensing and detecting devices is counted as an event. For example, typical state values are as shown in Table 1 below:
A system according to the present invention constantly monitors all the current state values of each connected device, and when the value of any state changes, it is automatically recorded as an event. At least some the following information will also be recorded with the event:
A most important piece of information is the time of occurrence of the event. The intelligent management system sorts all recorded events by time stamp order to create an event sequence. It then partitions the sequence based on geographical relevancy and yield sub-sequences that are more localized and more manageable.
For example, let us assume the premises consists of two rooms connected by a common corridor. Events generated by devices in one room are less relevant to events generated by devices in the other room, but events generated in the corridor are relevant to both rooms. This is because, in premises management, events that happen are typically localized geographically: when two events happen at the same time at two geographically diverse places, chances are much higher that two different users are responsible for mutually independent actions.
Thus, the intelligent management system keeps a crosstab table with rows and columns, both consisting of different geographical zones in the premises. The table is filled with relevancy coefficients, between 0 and 1, with 0 meaning no relevancy at all, and 1 means total relevancy. Table 2 below shows exemplary relevancy coefficients of a premises with five zones, namely Zone A, Zone B, Zone C, Zone D and Zone E.
These relevancy coefficients mean that, for example, an event triggered by a device in Zone B will have a relevancy of 0.7 (high relevancy) to Zone C, but a device triggered in Zone C will have a relevancy of only 0.2 (low relevancy) to Zone B. As can be seen here, the relevancy coefficients can be made asymmetric, so that more flexibility can be obtained when designing zonal structures.
For each event recorded, its relevancy coefficient relative to each zone is multiplied by the magnitude of change in the state value for the event, as well as a pre-defined coefficient for that device (usually a number for magnitude scaling purposes) to arrive at the final relevancy index of this event for the zone in question. As such, each device should has its own coefficient.
For example, let us assume that a temperature sensor yields the current temperature of the environment, and that the pre-defined coefficient for this sensor is 0.5, and its relevancy coefficient relative to Zone A is 0.7. Let us further assume that the temperature changes from 21� C. to 25� C. The state value of this sensor will thus change from 21 to 25. The final relevancy index of this event for Zone A will thus be:
The total event sequence is then sub-divided into sub-sequences, one for each zone in the premises. The events included in each zone's sub-sequence are those events with relevancy indices exceeding a pre-defined threshold value. Therefore, although there is only one event sub-sequence for each zone, any one event may be included in none, one, or more such sub-sequences, indicating that the event is of interest to nobody, to only one zone, or to more than one zone respectively. The threshold may be set to zero to allow all events to be relevant to all zones, regardless of where the event is recorded.
Following on from the above example of a temperature sensor, and using the same relative relevancy coefficients as shown in Table 2 above, the relevancy indices of this event for Zones A to E are thus as follows:
Zone A=1.4
Zone B=0.7
Zone C=0.42
Zone D=1.4
Zone E=1.26
Further assume that the threshold for including this event in a particular zone's event subsequences is 1.0. In this case, this event will be included in the subsequences for Zones A, D and E, but not in those for Zones B or C. Of course, if the threshold is set to zero, then all events will be included in all zones.
It is also the case that, in typical premises management scenarios, events happening over a long period of time are less relevant to each other, as compared with events happening within a short time from each other. For example, a light being turned on now has no reasonable relevancy to another light being turned on one week later, but is very relevant to another light being turned on immediately after. This is because human behavior typically occurs in bursts of actions, one closely after another. For this reason, the management system will automatically discard events that are older than a pre-defined age (e.g. one week) in order to conserve computing and storage resources. This threshold age may be set to infinity, so that the system will always consider all events recorded in its database.
Pattern Recognition
The learning process is largely that of pattern recognition. A pattern is defined as a sequence of events that has a tendency to repeat, either in its entirety or in sequences that closely resemble the original pattern. The entire process of pattern recognition detects regularities in behavior, and these regularities enable the management system to �program itself� to perform some regular activities on behalf of the user, as a result creating convenience and the perception of intelligence.
Recognizing pattern in a time-based sequence is a well-studied computing problem. While recognition of exact patterns (i.e., all sequences of events must be exactly the same during each repetition) is easy to achieve, heuristic (i.e. probabilistic) pattern recognition is a much more involved problem.
An important input variable to any pattern recognition or pattern matching algorithm is typically the length of the pattern to be recognized, with computing resource requirements going up radically with increasing pattern lengths, sometimes exponentially for certain algorithms. The length of a pattern in the context of this invention is the number of events in a zonal sub-sequence, with the event itself acting as a basic unit in the �alphabet� for the algorithm.
The current implementation makes use of a mixture of Dynamic Programming and Gibbs Sampling techniques for pattern matching purposes. The standard Gibbs Sampling algorithm is slightly modified to allow patterns of variable lengths, but with events happening within a pre-defined �time window.� This decision is based on the fact that human behavior occurs in bursts of activity; therefore, events occurring together within, say, 30 seconds or 1 minute, have much higher chances of being parts of a coherent whole than events happening 2 hours apart. The �time window� moves through the events sub-sequence for each zone instead of the standard-length sub-string in the standard Gibbs Sampling algorithm. In reality, for a time-window of 15 to 30 seconds, it is rare for the number of relevant events within the time window to exceed 20, and most of the time only a few events are within a single time window. This modification helps reduce the computing resource requirements significantly. Setting the time window wider will allow more �global� type of behavior recognition, at the cost of a dramatic increase in computing resources. It is usually necessary to strike a balance between the �globalness� of behaviors detected and the amount of resources needed to operate the system in real-time.
Dynamic Programming is a heuristic search technique typically used for detecting missing information in sequences when matched against a pattern. It can also be used for detecting swaps and slight variations in ordering. The standard Gibbs Sampling comparison operation is replaced by a more involved Dynamic Programming operation so that event sequences that resemble each other and differ only slightly in ordering are counted as a successful match. The output of a Dynamic Programming operation includes a numeric score that enables the use of a pre-defined threshold to fine tune the pattern recognition algorithm. Setting a low threshold will enable more different patterns to be recognized, while setting a high threshold will yield fewer patterns, although such patterns resemble each other much more closely.
An optional modification to the system is to only consider recognizing a pattern when the time of the event or the changes of state values of certain devices are within a pre-set range. For example, certain patterns are relevant only at certain times of day (e.g. turning on lights only when it is night time), or days of week (e.g. watering the plants only twice a week), or only when certain conditions are true (e.g. turning on lights only when it is dark).
In addition to yielding a pattern, the Gibbs Sampling technique also yields a score for the pattern within the sequence. Again, a threshold value may be used for rejecting patterns that are too far off from each other, and to include as valid only those patterns with scores that are above the threshold.
Since pattern recognition always operates on the sub-sequence of each zone, the patterns recognized are always tied to a particular zone and are stored in the system's pattern database for future matching purposes.
Pattern Matching
Armed with a complete database of patterns recognized from past events, the intelligent management system according to the present invention will constantly monitor the incoming stream of detected events to see whether they match the beginning of one of the patterns stored in the database.
Again, any new event is screened through relevancy calculations, with irrelevant events, i.e. events with low relevancy indices, discarded. Dynamic Programming techniques are then employed to compare any new event with the beginning of corresponding patterns stored relative to the zone in question. The result of comparison is considered to be positive, and a pattern is thus to be matched, if its Dynamic Programming score exceeds a pre-defined threshold.
With each pattern is also kept a respective success rate. If the beginning of a pattern is successfully matched with a new event, then the system may automatically perform all the remaining actions in the pattern or inform the user via speech generation for confirmation. Upon confirmation by the user, e.g. via speech recognition, the system will also update the success rate based on the response of the user. If the user confirms the system's suggestion, the success rate will be increased; whereas if the user rejects the system's suggestion, the success rate will be decreased.
With each pattern is also kept the last matched date, and patterns with a last matched date older than a pre-defined age, i.e. patterns which have not been successfully matched for a pre-defined period of time, can be pruned by the system to conserve database storage resources.
An important adaptive technique to enhance the learning capabilities of the system is to allow the system to dynamically alter the stored patterns based on actual occurrences. For example, suppose a pattern stored in the database is as follows:
Once John's keycard is detected by the system, the pattern is matched and the system will automatically, or upon confirmation, unlock the door, turn on lights and put on song A for John.
However as behavior changes, it is likely that John may grow tired of song A and now wish to listen to song B. The system constantly monitors the state values of all the devices within a certain period of time (a threshold) after execution of the pattern. If, for example, John immediately puts on song B after the system performs the actions in the pattern, it will be stored as a variation to the pattern in the database. The same is true for other devices involved in the pattern.
If the variation to the pattern occurs with great predictability, e.g. the occurrence of this variation during the next 5 times is over 80%, then the system will replace the particular action in the pattern with this variation. In other words, if John continues to put on song B within, say, 1 minute of entering his bedroom, after 5 times of doing so the system will rewrite the pattern as follows:
Next time John enters his bedroom with his keycard, the system will, after effecting all other actions in this pattern, automatically put on song B. This iteration is adaptive learning and is necessary to prevent the patterns stored in the system from becoming stale.
It can be seen that an adaptive learning, intelligent premise management system exhibits a perception of intelligence with its ability to recognize human behavior (i.e. patterns) and to offer to automate those activities that are repetitive. It also adapts to on-going runs by learning new variations and dynamically rewriting the database of recognized behavior.
The steps and procedure for the operation of a method and system according to the present invention is shown in the flow charts in
Turning now to
In any case, the system will then go on to check whether there is any change in the value of a device involved in the pattern within a pre-set time duration (Step 216). If not, the system will continue with the monitoring of incoming detected events (Step 204). If, on the other hand, the answer is in the affirmative, this event will be stored as a variant (Step 218). The system will then check whether this variant has occurred for up to a pre-set percentage, e.g. at least 80%, i.e. four times in out of the last five times when the pattern was executed (Step 220). If not, the system will continue with the monitoring of incoming detected events (Step 204). If, on the other hand, the answer to this is in the affirmative, the particular action in the pattern will be replaced by the variant to generate a new sub-sequence, for future execution (Step 222).
As stated and discussed above, such a method of adaptive learning through pattern matching, and a system adapted to work such a method, may be used in a large variety of applications. For example, the current invention may be implemented in a vehicle of transport, e.g. an automobile, to give a perception that the vehicle has built-in �intelligence�.
A modern automobile contains a large number of electronic and electrical devices, some for implementing certain functions (e.g. fuel injection control), some for monitoring (e.g. low-petrol sensor, speedometer), and some others for automation (e.g. window motors, seat position adjustment motors), etc. In an automobile including a system according to the present invention, and thus adapted to carry out the method according to the present invention, all such electronic and electrical devices are constantly monitored by a central data processing system to detect any and all state changes. For this particular example, we will focus on the following devices in Table 3 below for illustration purposes:
In an automotive environment, there is practically only one zone, which covers the whole vehicle. Therefore, all relevancy coefficients are set to 1.
Assuming that this automobile has an RF based security key which, upon actuation, wirelessly transmits a security code to the RF receiver in the automobile. When the security code is authenticated by the security system in the automobile, the door is unlocked and all these events will be logged in the adaptive learning system in the automobile. Let us assume then that the driver, upon entering the automobile, immediately adjusts the seat and rear view mirror positions to suit his physical built, turns on the radio and tunes it to Channel 2, and sets the climate control to 19� C. All such events (changes in the states of the electronic and/or electrical devices in the automobile) will, again, be logged by the system. Let us assume further that this same driver, subsequently, performs the same sequence of actions three more times.
In the central data processing unit of the automobile, a master program is set to run continuously, its task being to perform pattern recognition based on logged event sequences, in the manner as discussed above. Let us assume that, after running a built-in Gibbs Sampling-based pattern extractor program, the pattern as shown in Table 4 below is found with a score exceeding the pre-defined minimum threshold:
When the driver, say Driver A, unlocks the door of the automobile one more time with his wireless security key, changes in the RF receiver's state will be logged, and this information will be used by the pattern matcher in the automobile system to match against all patterns that are found and stored. In this case, the RF receiver event will successfully match the beginning of the pattern shown in Table 4 above, and the system will start to automatically execute the remaining actions in the above pattern.
Alternatively, the system in the automobile may, after unlocking of the door, seek the driver's confirmation whether or not to continue to execute the remaining actions in the pattern. Once the driver's confirmation is received, the automobile will immediately adjust the seat position, rear view mirror position, turn on the radio, tune to the correct channel, and set the climate control, to the preferred setting and pattern. It can be seen that the only action that the Driver A has taken is unlocking of the door of the automobile by his security key, whereas the rest of the actions are all undertaken automatically by the system in the automobile, thus yielding the perception of �intelligence�.
Let us assume that the Driver A subsequently immediately changes the radio channel to 3, and turns down the volume to 6. These two changes will be logged by the system and stored as a variation to the pattern. If Driver A subsequently performs the same changes several times immediately after execution of the actions stored in the pattern, the pattern will be �re-written� and the values in this variation will overwrite the original values in the pattern. The next time this pattern is executed for Driver A, the radio will be tuned to Channel 3, and its volume well be set to 6 instead of 8.
A method according to the present invention may be implemented, and a system according to the present invention may be adopted, in the management of a computer network, e.g. to implement self-diagnosis and self-recovery functions, as illustrated below.
A computer network is formed by �nodes� linked with one another into a topology. Each node represents a resource on the network, be it a computer (with data processing resources), a printer (with printing resources), a facsimile machine (with faxing resources), etc. Each node has a number of status variables, indicating its �health� and resource level. For this particular example, we will focus on the following devices in Table 5 below for illustration purposes:
Application of a method and a system according to this invention to network management allows the system to �learn� the remedial actions of an experienced human operator, store it for later use, and automatically repeat those actions when the same situation arises. For example, when Printer A is out of paper (Paper=0%), a human operator may temporarily redirect Printer A's spool queue to Printer B with a notice to all users, until the paper supply of Printer A is replenished, after which the spool queue may be re-directed. Programs requiring CPU computing resources may be allocated to different computers based on a load-balancing criteria, and these programs may be re-allocated to other computers when the current computers are down or simply unavailable (CPU available=0%). All these events may be �observed�, logged and stored by the system. When similar situations arise in the future, these patterns can be matched and the remedial actions automatically performed by the computer system, thus allowing the system to self-recover from faults that may otherwise human intervention, e.g. changing paper, or redirecting the print queue at 3 o'clock in the morning.
In this example, where absolute values are more meaningful than the magnitude of changes, the magnitude of changes is replaced by the absolute value of each state variable. Relevancy coefficients and indices are highly important in this example, in contrast with the automotive example above, because a computer network may span large geographical distances. For instance, Building A in which Printer A is located may be very close to Building B in which Printer B is located, whereas Building C in which Printer C is located may be at the end of the campus, which is very far from Building A and Building B. Thus, while it may be meaningful to re-allocate Printer A or B's spool queues to each other, it is not so for Printer C because one cannot expect users to walk across the entire campus to pick up a print-out.
On the other hand, Computer A and Computer B may be of different types that cannot inter-operate, whereas Computer C may be of the same or interoperable type as Computer A, and since these three computers are connected with one another in the network, their geographical distances are irrelevant. Thus, Computer A and Computer C may be relevant to each other, whereas Computer B is relevant to neither of the other two computers. Table 6 below shows exemplary relevancy coefficients, in terms of the locations of the above devices:
With this set of relevancy coefficients, event changes in Building C (in which Printer C is located) will not be included in the subsequences in Building A and Building B. Similarly, event changes in Rack B (at which Computer B is located) will not be included in the subsequences in Rack A and Rack C. Therefore, a large network, say with hundreds of nodes, may be separated into logical segments that makes it easier to manage.
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