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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2009
Tim Schmidt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lukas D. Kuhn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rong Zhou, Cupertino, CA (US);
Johan DE Kleer, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert Price, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tim Schmidt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lukas D. Kuhn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rong Zhou, Cupertino, CA (US);
Johan de Kleer, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert Price, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for solving a target value search problem using a multi-interval heuristic are presented. The methods and system identity a path, or paths, in a graph, whereby a connection graph is created and range sets are generated for each vertex in the connection graph. Range sets include one or more intervals. Thereafter, a best search is performed to identify a path, or paths, from a starting vertex to a goal vertex having a path value closest to a target value.