Systems and methodologies for desigining simulant compounds

US10998087B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security · US

Inventors

• Joseph McNamara · Mullica Township, US
• Alexander DeMasi · Mays Landing, US
• Michael Brogden
• Ronald Krauss

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 25, 2016
• Grant date: May 4, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 27, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16C20/80
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for forming a simulant. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided for identifying and forming a simulant. The method identifies, using processing circuitry, a compound. The method further identifies, using the processing circuitry, a plurality of ingredients, wherein the simulant is a combination of the plurality of ingredients. The method further identifies for evaluation, using the processing circuitry, one or more metrics of the simulant. The method further determines, using the processing circuitry, proportions of each of the plurality of ingredients by optimizing a quadratic function based on the one or more metrics of the simulant. The method further outputs the proportions of each of the plurality of ingredients, and forms a mixture of the plurality of ingredients based on the proportions of each of the plurality of ingredients.