The Application Oracle by Scott Selikoff The Application Oracle is a Windows-based program in Java that monitors the software applications a user selects and attempts to predict the next likely application the user will open using adaptive history-based pattern matching on live data. Although the program is materialized in Microsoft Windows, the core engine is flexible enough to be used as a general sequence predictor in many applications. After starting The Application Oracle, it initially makes poor predictions since it has limited history. Over time, as it learns more about the user, it starts to make predictions that more closely resemble a user's next likely choice. The predictions are shown both in the Oracle Window and as an auto-created shortcut in the user's Quick Launch bar. Downloads: The Application Oracle: runtime binaries to launch the program. Consult the README.txt file contained in the zip file for installation instructions. (requires Windows-based operation system with QuickLaunch bar enabled and JRE 1.5.0 or above) The Application Oracle Source: contains engine source, swing client, and Windows interactions. Acknowledgements: Program based on work by Haym Hirsh and Brian B Davison in their 1998 paper Predicting Sequences of User Actions. Fall 2006. Thanks to the team at jRegistryKey for their Java library to handle Windows Registry interactions. Special thanks to Marty List for his Shortcut creation tool which allows program suggestions to be made in realtime. Send comments/feedback to: Scott Selikoff Last Updated: 12/18/2006 Home