| US 7,580,909 B2 | ||
| Visual representation tool for structured arguments | ||
| Kurt Bollacker, San Francisco, Calif. (US); Robert Cook, San Francisco, Calif. (US); Ken Skistimas, El Sobrante, Calif. (US); Tomi Pierce, San Rafael, Calif. (US); William Daniel Hillis, Encino, Calif. (US); Patrick Tufts, Berkeley, Calif. (US); and Bran Ferren, Beverly Hills, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 26, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/647,949. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0049986 A1, Mar. 03, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06N 5/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 706—46 [706/54] | 25 Claims |
| 1. A system for editing and displaying a structured argument, having a plurality of associated parameters, the system comprising:
a processor operative to execute computer executable instructions; and a computer readable medium that stores the computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions comprising:
a user interface that graphically displays the plurality of parameters at a user accessible display and receives input from
a user defining the value of a selected parameter, wherein the plurality of parameters comprises respective confidence values
for a plurality of hypotheses;
a computational engine that alters the selected parameter to the defined value, updates the plurality of parameters according
to the defined value of the selected parameter, and provides the altered parameters to the user interface, such that the display
is updated in real time to reflect the user input; and
a simulation function that alters at least one parameter of the structured argument according to a predetermined series of
values, representing changes in the at least one parameter over a period of time.
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