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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
May. 30, 2012
Tim Schmidt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rong Zhou, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lukas D. Kuhn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Price, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Johan DE Kleer, Los Altos, CA (US);
Tim Schmidt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rong Zhou, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lukas D. Kuhn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Price, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Johan de Kleer, Los Altos, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A model-based control system for controlling a production system is disclosed. The production system provides jobs and objectives to the model-based control system. The model-based control system includes, a planner operative to provide the production system with a plan, the planner generating the plan using a depth-first target value search. The depth-first target value search being configured to generate the plan with a failure probability most closely approximating a target value. Also provided is a system model operative to model the behavior of the production system. Another aspect of the model-based control system is a diagnosis engine operative to estimate failure probabilities for plans and provide diagnostic guidance to the planner. The model-based control system including the planner, the system model and diagnosis engine are implemented via a digital processing device.