BiPSA Mathematica: Integrating many or few binary votes is the heart of BiPSA. It is carried out via a specially formulated binary arithmetic and its corresponding binary algebra. The fundamental operator is a reduction algorithm defined over n input variables expressed as integers. The BiPSA algorithm reduces these inputs to a single variable of the same format. That output can participate as an input in a subsequent instance of the same algorithm thereby allowing for a network of reduction-expansion algorithms. The threaded BiPSA network has been formalized as an analog to matrix algebra and notation, and it captures the integration wisdom that allots each BiPSA vote (variable) its due impact on the final result. The BiPSA reduction arithmetic and algebra is essentially a one-way function and has been applied as such to a variety of cryptographic procedures.

BiPSA Data Inferential: Data mining and statistical inference over large and complex databases have become very common and very useful in recent years. BiPSA competes with the prevailing methodologies by its relentless practice of discriminant analysis.

BiPSA Forecasting: The common way to forecast the future, or project to the unknown, is to study the available relevant data, then building a theory that is suggested by that data, and then applying this theory to the future, or to the unknown of interest (e.g.: linear regression, quadratic regression, etc). BiPSA skips the step of conjuring up a theory, instead it expresses the unknown as a series of binary questions, each voted on by each and every subset of the available data. Because it is independent of the common methods, and because we deal with uncertainty, BiPSA forecasting is a worthy effort regardless of whether in any particular case it measures better or worse than any other independent forecasting methodology.

BiPSA Opinion Calculus: People express opinions in a complex fashion: hedged, vague, conditional. BiPSA skims the certainty element in these bubbly entities, and thereby encourages more ground breaking progress, as well as summarizing what the collection of these opinions means in its totality.

CASE Western Reserve University Energy Initiative (Peak Oil)

BiPSA Opinion Calculus Analysis (world-wide terrorism) An ICT job.

R&D at IDF

World-Wide Terrorism Scenarios 2007

World-Class University Ranking 2008 vs. 2007

BiPSA Innovation: Applied in conjunction with the Innovation Turing Machine which defines innovation as a cascade of binary steps, each step can be BiPSA voted via a team of researchers (social BiPSA), and also by the available data (BiPSA data inferential).

BiPSA Innovation is applied via a license to D&G Sciences -- Virginia Technology Corporation

BiPSA Rating and Ranking: Industry and Business rely heavily on ranking and rating of products, financial instruments, institutions, and people. Virtually always the ranking involves several attributes. While the attributes themselves may be objectively measured, their relative impact is a subjective call. In most cases the rating agency arbitrarily determines these factors, thereby undermining the objectiveity of their result. BiPSA offers a result-neutral procedure to rate and rank multi-variate entities. The BiPSA way removes any hidden factors from the control of the BiPSA operator who computes the rating and the ranking. The procedure is fully transparent, and easy to read.

BiPSA Forensic: Forensic activity is all about inferring from many little things. BiPSA structures this inference as a series of binary questions and tallies the votes of the tell-tale signs. It's the BiPSA integration that gives it the oomph.

Exercised applications so far have focused on computer security forensic through a license to AGS Encryptions Ltd.

BiPSA Social: Organizing into groups and societies has been a remarkable human success with solid origins in sub-human life. Yet, we are still wrestling with the challenge of how to best serve the group interests by maximizing the contribution of each member thereof. We have a great deal of experience in 'command structure' where a strict hierarchy is in place, and similar experience at the other end: one-man-one-vote, our preferred method for self governance. We are grappling at attempts to bridge between these two extremes, each has its merit and shortcoming. The BiPSA paradigm offers a flexible integration tool so that the one-man-one-vote procedure can be replaced with integration where each vote is counted according to its due impact. Thus creating a matrix-hierarchy hybrid that can efficiently adapt to meet group challenges. It works for small and large groups alike.

BiPSA contributes to the clarity of the challenge, as well as to its resolution. We can help a new start up team, a chaotic steering committee, a management group in a large corporation, club members etc.

BiPSA Image Inferential: Cameras and general electromagnetic imaging are everywhere, and in most cases the purpose of the picture is to deduce a conclusion from it. That conclusion can be expressed as series of binary questions, and each question can be voted on by each and every part of the total image. BiPSA would subsequently integrate those votes to arrive at a most credible answer.

The common methods are based on an a-priori picture enhancement. Such enhancement is necessarily based on arbitrary assumptions that contaminate the final conclusion. BiPSA circumvents this step, and polls directly the factual parts of the image.

Applications include medicinal imaging, air photography, facial recognition, forensic analysis, etc. A novel application would authenticate documents for content and authorship (if.pi)

BiPSA Paper Authentication

BiPSA ImageAlert(tm)

BiPSA Crisis Management: Clock haunted crises are typically managed by one or very few people who don't have the mindset nor the complete knowledge base to optimize their response. BiPSA offers to surround the crisis management team with a group of experts that together cover all the aspects of the case. The practical problem is that the crisis management team does not have the luxury of time to debate their counter measures with that larger team of experts. The BiPSA crisis management procedure would define a series of binary questions for the larger team to vote on. These votes are BiPSA integrated to reflect a greater impact to more relevant experts, providing the crisis management team with a clear summary view of all those experts they have no time to discuss with.

The BiPSA crisis management procedure, marketed as ATHENA^TM, has proven itself as an effective training tool for both the surrounding experts, and the crisis managers.

BiPSA Intelligence Analysis: By its very nature, intelligence input is a hodgepodge of heterogeneous and conflicting data, which can be all made to vote on a series of critical binary questions regarding war and peace.

BiPSA Self Organization: The power of carrying out complex actions by a community of relatively primitive entities has been recently demonstrated in swarm robotics and nanotechnology. BiPSA fits right in, defining methods for large crowds to organically identify and articulate an operational goal, a corresponding strategy, and a plan of action -- all without the benefit of an overarching super-intelligence.

(c) 2007 The Gideon Samid BiPSA Company