Method and system for reduction of a network topology-based system having automated optimization features
US7054799B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 8, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 30, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2113/14
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for reduction of a network topology-based system having automated optimization features is provided. The method allows for skeletonization to be performed by one or more desired processes including Data Scrubbing, Parallel and Series Pipe Removal techniques, and Branch Trimming techniques. The Data Scrubbing technique includes a loop retaining sensitivity setting that allows the user to determine how large the hydraulic loops are that remain in the system. The data scrubbing technique also includes a network-walking feature in which the software will check each element, when desired, and determine whether it is safe to remove that element without affecting the topological and hydraulic connectivity of the engineering model being reduced. The feature also includes a genetic algorithm-based feature that allows for hydraulics or system behavior to be reintroduced into the model, which may have been eliminated when the elements that gave rise to those effects were removed using the data scrubbing skeletonization technique.
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