Microsoft Corporation
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCEDURE OPTIMIZATION

Abstract:

Procedural optimization is facilitated by receiving user input for creating or modifying a body of text comprising a procedure, detecting one or more procedural steps associated with the procedure using a procedural step detection module, automatically searching within a corpus of references for one or more related procedural steps using a related procedural step extraction module, automatically identifying one or more outcomes within the corpus of references associated with the one or more related procedural steps using an outcome extraction module, automatically determining whether the one or more outcomes comprise detrimental results using an outcome analysis module, and, in response to determining a set of detrimental outcomes from the one or more outcomes that comprise detrimental results, presenting a detriment indicator within the user interface in association with the one or more procedural steps.