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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Darrin Taylor, Austin, TX (US);
Lee Alford, Austin, TX (US);
Darrin Taylor, Austin, TX (US);
Lee Alford, Austin, TX (US);
21 CT, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and system for solving an optimization problem comprising a plurality of dynamic constraints. A genetic algorithm is used to iteratively generate potential solutions to the problem. A constraint graph is used to model the plurality of dynamic constraints, and any potential solution that does not correspond to a connected subgraph of the constraint graph is infeasible and discarded. Real-time changes in dynamic constraints are incorporated by modification of the constraint graph between iterations of the genetic algorithm. An exemplary embodiment comprising the scheduling of air missions is presented.