Fabricated data detection method

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to receiving numerical product data indicative of a product, the numerical product data comprising numerical values indicative of at least one of chemical composition, radius, tensile strength, a diameter, position and yield strength, and storing the numerical product data in a non-volatile memory device. The numerical product data is processed in a processor to create a plurality of explanatory variables indicative of the numerical product data. Multivariate data analysis is performed on the explanatory variables indicative of the numerical product data, where the multivariate data analysis includes an iterative cluster based outlier detection procedure. A confidence indicator value indicative of the likelihood that the numerical product data includes at least one fabricated or false data entry is generated.

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