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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Melinda Kaye Hunsaker, Canton, MI (US);
Rickie Allan Sprague, Gladwin, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system is provided with a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to store a cached copy of data representative of a multi-valued decision diagram (MDD). The MDD indicates a Boolean function specifying a buildable space of all possible configurations of features of a vehicle. The processor is in communication with the memory, and programmed to generate a working copy of the data from the cache. The processor is further programmed to generate a restricted buildable space in the working copy of the data while traversing the MDD, including to remove available features from the labels of the outgoing edges deemed invalid according to a feature selection, disconnect outgoing edges having no remaining available features, and replace nodes that have no outgoing edges with the false node.