System including inductive learning arrangement for adaptive management of behavior of complex entity

摘要

A system and method for adaptively managing the behavior of, for example, a digital data processing system, using inductive learning techniques. The new system includes a data acquisition portion (10) that acquires event data in response to selected events. An inductive engine (11) generates profile knowledge in response to acquired event data during a learning phase, for storage in a profile knowledge store (15). A profile comparator (12), during an operational phase, subsequent to the learning phase, performs a verification operation in connection with comparing event data to said profile knowledge stored in said profile knowledge store (15). A control portion (14) enables event data acquired by said data acquisition portion to be directed to the inductive engine (11) during a learning phase and to the profile comparator (12) during an operational phase to thereby permit the comparator to perform a verification operation in connection with said event data acquired during the operational phase.