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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2002
G. William Walster, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eldon R. Hansen, Los Altos, CA (US);
G. William Walster, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eldon R. Hansen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system that solves a global inequality constrained optimization problem specified by a function ƒ and a set of inequality constraints p(x)≦0(i=1, . . . , m), wherein ƒ and pare scalar functions of a vector x=(x, x, x, . . . x). The system performs an interval inequality constrained global optimization process to compute guaranteed bounds on a globally minimum value of the function ƒ(x) subject to the set of inequality constraints. The system applies term consistency and box consistency to a set of relations associated with the global inequality constrained optimization problem over a subbox X, and excludes any portion of the subbox X that violates the set of relations. The system also performs an interval Newton step on the subbox X to produce a resulting subbox Y. The system integrates the sub-parts of the process with branch tests designed to increase the overall speed of the process.