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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2011
Timothy B. Jones, Mount Vernon, IA (US);
Joseph J. Engler, Coggon, IA (US);
Timothy B. Jones, Mount Vernon, IA (US);
Joseph J. Engler, Coggon, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
Methods of analyzing solutions to a failure of a product are provided. A method comprises evaluating the fitness of solutions associated with a plurality of individuals in a population for the failure. Each of the plurality of individuals comprises a dominant genotype and a recessive genotype. Each genotype represents a solution for addressing a potential failure of the product. A fitness function is applied to the dominant genotype of each individual. The fitness function is configured to determine a confidence value for one or more of the solutions based on historical data regarding the solutions that is stored in a database. The method further comprises storing previously encountered genotypes in the recessive genotypes of the individuals and determining a proposed solution for addressing the failure of the product based on the fitness evaluation.