Automatic control of a discrete system with redundancy management and prioritized conflict resolution
US5099412A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 1989 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B13/0265
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A computer control system in which each input condition to which the system must respond is defined and a priority value assigned thereto. Desired system resource conditions called attributes herein corresponding to each input are determined. System resource states or attributes for all combinations of control element states are determined. An optimum configuration for the discrete control elements is established for a set of input conditions by comparing the system resource condition for each control element configuration with the system resource condition desired for all the input conditions. A score for each input condition is determined based on the priority of the input condition and the number of resource conditions for the input condition which match the resource conditions for a control elements configuration, and the optimum control configuration is the configuration which produces the highest cumulative score for all input conditions.
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