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Title: Apparatus and method for optimizing quantifiable behavior in configurable devices and systems

Abstract

An apparatus and method are provided to perform constrained optimization of a constrained property of an apparatus, which is complex due to having several components, and these components are configurable in real-time. The optimization is achieved by detecting values of the constrained property and a plurality of other properties of the apparatus when the apparatus is configured in a first subset of the plurality of configurations. A model is learned using the detected values of the constrained property. The model represents the constrained property and can also represent other properties as a function of the configurations. The model can also include estimated uncertainties of the constrained property in the model. Then, using the d model and the estimated uncertainties, the optimal configuration can be selected to minimize an error value (e.g., the difference between a desired value and an observed value of the at least one constrained property).

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1823973
Patent Number(s):
11009836
Application Number:
15/457,743
Assignee:
The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G05 - CONTROLLING G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; CCF1439156
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 03/13/2017
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Hoffmann, Henry, Lafferty, John, and Mishra, Nikita. Apparatus and method for optimizing quantifiable behavior in configurable devices and systems. United States: N. p., 2021. Web.
Hoffmann, Henry, Lafferty, John, & Mishra, Nikita. Apparatus and method for optimizing quantifiable behavior in configurable devices and systems. United States.
Hoffmann, Henry, Lafferty, John, and Mishra, Nikita. Tue . "Apparatus and method for optimizing quantifiable behavior in configurable devices and systems". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1823973.
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