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Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2017
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Eric Richard Westervelt, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Mark Lawrence Darnell, Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Reza Ghaemi, Niskayuna, NY (US);

David Lax, Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); G05D 1/0005 (2013.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G08G 5/0026 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system, computer-readable medium, and a method including obtaining flight data for a specific aircraft for a prescribed flight; obtaining current sample measurements of at least one state or output of the specific aircraft; performing based on the obtained flight data, the current measurements or outputs, and a mathematical model accurately representing an actual operational performance of the specific aircraft and providing a predictive indication of a future performance of the specific aircraft, a control optimization to determine a cost-optimal control input for the prescribed flight; adjusting, in response to a consideration of actual operational characteristics of the specific aircraft, the optimized control input; and transmitting the adjusted optimized control input to the specific aircraft to operate the specific aircraft to minimize the direct operating cost for the prescribed flight.


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