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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190539 | Evolutionary facial feature selection An evolutionary feature selection system and method that determines a feature space for a dataset. A system is disclosed that includes: a system for generating a plurality of chromosomes; an agglomerative K-means clustering system for clustering data into clusters, ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8175987 | Method and apparatus for computing a change plan using genetic programming and parse tree A method, and computer program product for computing a change plan are presented. A model of a current configuration is identified, the model including modeled system assets and modeled tasks. A request to change the current configuration to a new configuration is r... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170963 | Apparatus and method for processing information, recording medium and computer program An information processing apparatus includes a target problem acquisition unit for acquiring a target problem, a generation unit for generating a plurality of solution candidates to the target problem to solve the target problem, and a contribution ratio calculating... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170962 | Method and apparatus for an algorithm development environment for solving a class of real-life combinatorial optimization problems The invention pertains to an algorithm development environment for solving a class of combinatorial optimization problems. Many practical real-life applications can be formulated as combinatorial optimization problems. Over the years, there have been algorithms prop... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170964 | Method for planning a semiconductor manufacturing process based on users' demands using a fuzzy system and a genetic algorithm model A method for planning a semiconductor manufacturing process based on users' demands includes the steps of: establishing a genetic algorithm model and inputting data; establishing a fuzzy system and setting one output parameter representing percent difference of each... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8135655 | Dynamic intelligent objects An contextual artificial intelligence system is disclosed. Intelligent business objects enable dynamic data object interaction and encapsulation of user context. Data is rationalized and data objects evolve by way of an artificial intelligence assisted process of se... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131656 | Adaptive optimization methods Methods and systems for optimizing a solution set. A solution set is generated, and solutions in the solution set are evaluated. Desirable solutions from the solution set are selected. A structural model is created using the desirable solutions, and a surrogate fitn... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131657 | Information processing device, information processing method, and program An information processing device for generating a target feature amount computational expression for outputting a target feature amount corresponding to input data, comprising: a feature amount extraction expression list generating unit configured to generate and up... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8117140 | Methods and systems for applying genetic operators to determine systems conditions Disclosed are methods, systems, and/or processor program products that include generating a population of genotypes, the genotypes based on at least one stimulus to a system, measuring at least one response of the system upon providing the population of genotypes to... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117139 | Methods and systems for interactive evolutionary computing (IEC) Methods and systems for interactive evolutionary computing may include generating a set of candidate molecules based on an evolutionary scheme in which an objective function is a priori mathematically unexpressed, presenting data based on the set of candidate molecu... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8073791 | Vertical curve system for surface grading A method is disclosed that generates design profiles and a surface therefrom that promote water drainage from soil in an area of interest. Topographical data describing an initial surface of the area of interest are used to form initial profiles. The method generate... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073790 | Adaptive multivariate model construction The present embodiment is able to find the optimal or near optimal variables composition of multivariate models by an evolutionary process within acceptable amount of time and resources that are less than using full variables permutation methodology. Subjected to an... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069127 | Method and system for solving an optimization problem with dynamic constraints A method and system for solving an optimization problem comprising a plurality of dynamic constraints. A genetic algorithm is used to iteratively generate potential solutions to the problem. A constraint graph is used to model the plurality of dynamic constraints, a... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065243 | Optimizing operations of a hydrogen pipeline system Embodiments of the invention provide a computerized optimization system configured to optimize the operations of a hydrogen generation, processing, and delivery network. Such a network typically includes a complex of physical equipment, plants, and pipelines, includ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060457 | Systems and methods for electromagnetic band gap structure synthesis The present invention describes methods and apparatus for electromagnetic band gap structure synthesis. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of electromagnetic band gap structure synthesis, which includes the step of providing a set of ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055596 | System and method for developing a propensity model A technique is provided for developing a propensity model for customer behavior. Multiple biased samples of customer characteristics and results from past activities are established. Initial propensity models are created for each biased sample. The propensity models... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051018 | Method for the design and optimization of morphing strategies for reconfigurable surfaces The present invention relates to a method for optimizing the design of a shape morphing structure using a genetic algorithm. The method includes defining design parameters of a surface having variable properties into a chromosome. The variable properties of the chro... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041654 | System for hybridized efficient genetic algorithms to solve bi-objective optimization problems with application to network computing A system and methods are presented for the generation of hybridized efficient genetic algorithms (EGAS) applied to bi-objective optimization problems. Applications are made to engineering systems involving collective behaviors, including network computing, robotics ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036997 | Methods for data classification The present invention provides methods for classifying data and uncovering and correcting annotation errors. In particular, the present invention provides a self-organizing, self-correcting algorithm for use in classifying data. Additionally, the present invention p... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8015127 | System, method, and computer-accessible medium for providing a multi-objective evolutionary optimization of agent-based models Agent-based models (ABMs)/multi-agent systems (MASs) are one of the most widely used modeling-simulation-analysis approaches for understanding the dynamical behavior of complex systems. These models can be often characterized by several parameters with nonlinear int... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8015128 | Biometric security using neuroplastic fidelity A system, method and program product for providing biometric security using neuroplastic fidelity. A method is disclosed that includes: receiving biometric data; analyzing the biometric data with a probabilistic neural network and outputting a chromosome containing ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005772 | Segment-preserving crossover in genetic algorithms Cross over (S560) in a genetic algorithm (128) is adapted for deriving an optimal mask (S540), or set of segments of a line. Each mask of a chromosome is subject to cross over with the respective mask of the other parent. Any overlapping part, w... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996344 | Multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based engineering design optimization Systems and methods of obtaining a set of better converged and diversified Pareto optimal solutions in an engineering design optimization of a product (e.g., automobile, cellular phone, etc.) are disclosed. According to one aspect, a plurality of MOEA based engineer... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991712 | Consensus as an evaluation function for evolvable hardware An evolution approach involves the automatic generation of an evaluation function. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a consensus result from a population of designs is used to evaluate designs in the population for fitness. New designs are... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987143 | Methods and systems for multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based engineering desgin optimization The present invention discloses systems and methods of conducting multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) based engineering design optimization of a product (e.g., automobile, cellular phone, etc.). Particularly, the present invention discloses an archive conf... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7979365 | Methods and systems for interactive computing Methods and systems for creating a synthetic surrogate fitness function. User decisions are received representing fitness for a plurality of solutions. A partial ordering of the plurality of solutions is provided based on the received user decisions, wherein at leas... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979366 | System and method for coarse-classing variables in a propensity model A technique is provided to coarse-class one or more customer characteristics used in a predictive model. A set of functions are used to represent partition points of the customer characteristic into smaller classes. Each of the final classes of the customer characte... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974936 | Structural formula display system, method, and program storage medium storing program thereof Character string divider divides a targeted character string into a plurality of groups at each bonding sites on a main chain. In the character string dividing process, the character string divider adds starting/ending symbols to the targeted character string, inser... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7966272 | Methods and systems for multi-participant interactive evolutionary computing Disclosed are methods, systems, and processor program products that include executing an optimization scheme to obtain a first solution set, presenting the first solution set to at least two users, receiving rankings of the first solution set from the at least two u... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962427 | Method for the detection of atypical sequences via generalized compositional methods A method and system for determining whether a sequence fragment g is atypical with respect to a reference sequence G using compositional methods and including constructing a template from G and g respectively containing a sequence of characters for a comparison with... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7937339 | Method and apparatus for using bayesian networks for localization The invention is a technique for performing sampling in connection with Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations in which no attempt is made to limit the selected samples to a selected slice of the entire sample domain, as is typical in Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7925600 | Swarm autonomic agents with self-destruct capability Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments an autonomic entity manages a system by generating one or more stay alive signals based on the functioning status and operating state of the system. In some embodiments, an evolvable synth... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921066 | Characterizing and predicting agents via multi-agent evolution A method of predicting the behavior of software agents in a simulated environment involves modeling a plurality of software agents representing entities to be analyzed, which may be human beings. Using a set of parameters that governs the behavior of the agents, the... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7908230 | System, method, and apparatus for fracture design optimization A method for optimizing fracture treatments includes interpreting a nominal pump schedule corresponding to a nominal value for each fracture control parameter. The method further includes interpreting environmental variables, and interpreting probability distributio... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908229 | Method of optimizing an optical filter using a distributed genetic algorithm An optimization processing method comprises forming a plurality of islands each having a plurality of individuals and repeating crossover, mutation, evaluation and selection on the individuals until the desired condition has been satisfied by applying a genetic algo... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904397 | System and method for scalable cost-sensitive learning A method (and structure) for processing an inductive learning model for a dataset of examples, includes dividing the dataset of examples into a plurality of subsets of data and generating, using a processor on a computer, a learning model using examples of a first s... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7882048 | Methods and systems for applying genetic operators to determine system conditions Disclosed are methods, systems, and/or processor program products that include generating a population of genotypes, the genotypes based on at least one stimulus to a system, measuring at least one response of the system upon providing the population of genotypes to... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877336 | Nucleotide sequence screening A system for screening nucleotide sequences, a method therefor, a program, a recording medium, and a server on which the screening of nucleotide sequences is executed. The solution comprises a step of storing target nucleotide sequence data and a probe nucleotide se... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873582 | Maze creating method, antenna optimum designing method, program, and antenna, using two-bit/quaternary chromosomes An antenna optimum design method according to this invention includes the steps of generating blocks by dividing a metal patch on an antenna element plane vertically and horizontally; setting reference point blocks in alternate blocks and assigning chromosomes to th... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7860814 | System and method for providing a user-selected best solution to an NP-complete scheduling problem A method for providing “best” solutions of NP-complete problems. A plurality of algorithms are provided for solving the NP-complete problem, the problem is automatically solved using the provided algorithms and a best solution is selected based on application of... | 12/28/2010 |
