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Probability estimation based on decision history

CA 1291820 C · Owner: Mitchell, Joan L. · Inventors: Pennebaker, William B.; Mitchell, Joan L.

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Apparatus and method for adapting the estimated probability of either the the less likely or more likely outcome (event) of a binary decision in a sequence of binary decisions involves the up-dating of the estimated probability in response to the renormalization of an augend A. The augend A changes value with each binary decision, the size of the change depending on which of the binary events has occurred as input. Re-normalization of A occurs when the A value becomes less than a prescribed minimum value AMIN. According to the invention, there may be differing contexts in which binary decisions may occur, each context having a corresponding estimated probability value which is up-dated with …

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  • Granted November 5, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 5, 2008.
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FiledAugust 7, 1987
GrantedNovember 5, 1991
Term endedNovember 5, 2008
Patent numberCA 1291820 C
Classification (IPC)H03M7/40

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedAug 7, 1987Patent grantedNov 5, 1991Term endedNov 5, 2008

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