Probabilistic event classification systems and methods

A method for classifying an event narrative using a classification system comprising a processor and a memory for storing executable instructions, the processor being configured to execute the instructions to perform the method, comprising:

• receiving an event narrative, the event narrative comprising textual content describing a safety event;
• processing the textual content to identify semantic concepts within the textual content;
• generating a representation based on the semantic concepts;
• searching the safety event database for classifications having semantic concepts similar to the representation;
• selecting a set of classifications based on the representation using semantic analysis;
• and
• displaying the set of potential event types for the event narrative via a graphical user interface.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for suppressing noise, the method comprising:

• receiving an event narrative, the event narrative comprising textual content describing a safety event;
• parsing the textual content to identify key terms;
• searching a safety event database for classifications associated with the key terms;
• selecting a set of classifications based on the key terms using statistical analysis, the set of classifications comprising potential event types for the event narrative;
• and
• displaying the set of classifications for the event narrative via a graphical user interface.