Class 700/36 - Economic (e.g., cost)

Subclass of Class 700 - Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
Definition: Subject matter where the constraint or limit value involves
No. of applications: 30
Last issue date: 03/03/2011

Application No.	Application Title	Issue Date
20110054642	Optimizing Consumption of Resources Methods, systems and apparatus for optimizing consumption of one or more resources are presented. For example, a method that may be implemented on a processor device and includes obtaining user preferences for the consumption of resources that include water and electric...	03/03/2011
20110046752	SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING POWER GENERATING UNIT A method and apparatus for optimizing the operation of a single or multiple power generating units using advanced optimization, modeling, and control techniques. In one embodiment, a plurality of component optimization systems for optimizing power generating unit compon...	02/24/2011
20100292855	Battery Charging Control Methods, Electrical Vehicle Charging Methods, Battery Charging Control Apparatus, and Electrical Vehicles Battery charging control methods, electrical vehicle charging methods, battery charging control apparatus, and electrical vehicles are described. In one arrangement, battery charging control methods include accessing price information for electrical energy supplied by a...	11/18/2010
20100286798	ECONOMIC CALCULATIONS IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM A process control system includes economic models disposed in communication with process control modules, as well as with sources of economic data, such as cost, throughput and profit data, and uses the economic models to determine useful economic parameters or informat...	11/11/2010
20100280680	PROCESSOR COOLING MANAGEMENT Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, a data processing system, and a computer program product for adjusting cooling settings. The computer implemented method comprises analyzing a set of instructions of an application to determine a number of ...	11/04/2010
20100114338	MULTI-GOAL PATH PLANNING OF WELDING ROBOTS WITH AUTOMATIC SEQUENCING A system and method for multi-goal path planning of welding robots with automatic sequencing. Input parameters associated with a number of goal points are obtained. The robot is moved through the multiple goal points based on the obtained inputs. One or more allowed cyc...	05/06/2010
20100106263	SYSTEM FOR REVENUE MANAGEMENT USING LOCATION BASED SERVICES A method for revenue management using location based services includes setting a static offering price of an offered product and monitoring a geographic sales region for at least one potential customer. The offering price may be optimized into a targeted price based on ...	04/29/2010
20090319092	MODEL BASED OPTIMIZATION OF MULTIPLE POWER GENERATING UNITS A method and apparatus for optimizing the operation of a single or multiple power generating units using advanced optimization, modeling, and control techniques. In one embodiment, a plurality of component optimization systems for optimizing power generating unit compon...	12/24/2009
20090210081	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINE SELECTION, INTEGRATION AND UTILIZATION The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety,...	08/20/2009
20090210076	Method and system for generating an optimized solution for a process A method, system and computer program product for generating an optimized solution for a process in a manufacturing under a set of constraints. A solution is evaluated under the set of constraints and first violation metrics and first states corresponding to one or more...	08/20/2009
20090204245	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINE SELECTION, INTEGRATION AND UTILIZATION The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety,...	08/13/2009
20090204267	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINE SELECTION, INTEGRATION AND UTILIZATION The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety,...	08/13/2009
20090204237	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINE SELECTION, INTEGRATION AND UTILIZATION The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety,...	08/13/2009
20090177293	Method for negotiating a purchase price for goods A method for negotiating a purchase price for an assembled good to be delivered to a purchaser is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes storing a value representing an estimated number of assembled goods desired for delivery in a particular time period, and ...	07/09/2009
20090177294	METHODS, APPARATUS, AND MEDIA FOR CONTROLLING SUPPLY OF A UTILITY SERVICE TO A LOAD Methods, apparatus, and media for controlling supply of a utility service to a load are disclosed. Generally, the embodiments may involve receiving representation of utility service supply to a load, receiving and storing in a computer data storage device a usage range ...	07/09/2009
20090106133	Method and apparatus for pricing securities The invention provides computer-implemented techniques and systems for parsimoniously modelling the price or value, expected rate of return or other relevant characteristics of securities issued by, or referenced to, firms (or other assets) by incorporating risk premia ...	04/23/2009
20080208371	CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A PLANT A system for controlling a plant process wherein the plant is over-actuated with N+1 actuators and provides N performance variables is disclosed. The system includes an outer-loop controller operable to compare N performance variable values from the plant with a referen...	08/28/2008
20080015891	Method and System to Assess an Acute and Chronic Disease Impact Index A system (100) and method (300) is provided to assess an acute and chronic healthcare impact index of a patient. The impact index identifies patients having a highest potential impact for reducing program health-care costs. The method can include forecasti...	01/17/2008
20070179640	Environmental monitoring system for a machine environment Systems and methods for managing a machine environment based on environmental conditions associated with a machine are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the method may include receiving one or more of environmental data and operation data associated with at least ...	08/02/2007
20070129823	Estimate process capability database populator A method for creating a generated data set(s) for use in process capability calculations that mimics the statistics of a raw data set is presented. The method includes the steps of inputting desirable statistics and generating numbers from theoretical statistical distri...	06/07/2007
20070124003	METHODS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMAL LIGHT-CO2 COMBINATIONS FOR PLANT PRODUCTION Method for optimizing plant production in a cost effective manner, System (100) includes a processor (102) in communication with resource controllers (110, 112) for controlling resources (106, 108) such as, for example, lighting and carbon di...	05/31/2007
20070088447	Scheduling of industrial production processes A rescheduling problem can be reformulated as a multi-parametric (mp-QP) optimization problem which can be solved explicitly. The subsequent exploitation of this algebraic solution is computationally inexpensive. ...	04/19/2007
20070078531	System and method for dynamically simulating process and value stream maps A computer readable medium comprising instructions which when executed by a computer system causes the computer to implement a method for dynamically improving a process flow is provided. For a plurality of cells, which define activities within the process flow and are ...	04/05/2007
20070073421	System and method for dynamically simulating value stream and network maps A computer readable medium comprising instructions which when executed by a computer system causes the computer to implement a method for creating a dynamic value network map of a process flow is provided. For a plurality of processed objects, the method identifies corr...	03/29/2007
20060178762	Method and apparatus for optimizing operation of a power generating plant using artificial intelligence techniques A method and apparatus for optimizing the operation of a power generating plant using artificial intelligence techniques. One or more decisions D are determined for at least one consecutive time increment, where at least one of the decisions D is associated with a discr...	08/10/2006
20060089730	Method and system for calculating marginal cost curves using plant control models A method and system are provided for calculating a marginal cost curve for a plant at a plant load range comprising a plurality of specified plant loads. The method includes providing a model used for controlling the plant. The model relates plant load and one or more g...	04/27/2006
20050252078	Systems and methods for providing optimal light-CO2 combinations for plant production Method and system for optimizing plant production in a cost effective manner. System (100) includes a processor (102) in communication with resource controllers (110, 112) for controlling resources (106, 108) such as, for example, lighting an...	11/17/2005
20050192679	Graphical representation of web site interaction Disclosed are novel methods and apparatus for provision of efficient, effective, and/or flexible graphical representation of web site interaction. In an embodiment of the present invention, a method of generating a graphical representation of interaction between a plura...	09/01/2005
20050177260	COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR ANALYZING A PROBLEM STATEMENT BASED ON AN INTEGRATION OF Six Sigma, LEAN MANUFACTURING, AND KAIZEN ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES A computer-implemented method for analyzing problem statements. The method includes focusing the problem statement into an operation definition and then assigning a level indicator to the operation definition. The method further includes analyzing the problem statement ...	08/11/2005
20050090911	User interface for correlation of analysis systems A system for management, correlation and combination of various analysis techniques, or “advisors.” Graphical user interface (GUI) controls and displays are provided to allow a user to configure different aspects of an analysis system. A financial analysis applicati...	04/28/2005

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