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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2003
Oliver B. Downs, Woodinville, WA (US);
Hagai Attias, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher J. C. Burges, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert L. Rounthwaite, Fall City, WA (US);
Oliver B. Downs, Woodinville, WA (US);
Hagai Attias, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher J. C. Burges, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert L. Rounthwaite, Fall City, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A model-based system and method for global optimization that utilizes quantum mechanics in order to approximate the global minimum of a given problem (e.g., mathematical function). A quantum mechanical particle with a sufficiently large mass has a ground state solution to the Schrödinger Equation which is localized to the global minimum of the energy field, or potential, it experiences. A given function is modeled as a potential, and a quantum mechanical particle with a sufficiently large mass is placed in the potential. The ground state of the particle is determined, and the probability density function of the ground state of the particle is calculated. The peak of the probability density function is localized to the global minimum of the potential.