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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2004
Edward W. Conrad, Jeffersonville, VT (US);
Craig E. Schneider, Underhill, VT (US);
John S. Smyth, Milton, VT (US);
Daniel B. Sullivan, Milton, VT (US);
Edward W. Conrad, Jeffersonville, VT (US);
Craig E. Schneider, Underhill, VT (US);
John S. Smyth, Milton, VT (US);
Daniel B. Sullivan, Milton, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for optimizing a manufacturing process. The system comprises: a database of operational data gathered from previously performed manufacturing processes; a filtering system for filtering the database into a plurality of data subsets; a calculation system for calculating evaluation criteria for a selected data subset; an analysis system for determining if the evaluation criteria meets a set of predetermined requirements; and an iteration system that selects a new data subset if the selected data subset fails to provide evaluation criteria that meets the set of predetermined requirements.