Self-organizing industrial control system using a specific process to evaluate bids
September 28, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMethod and apparatus for resource constraint scheduling Process control system using a process control strategy distributed among multiple control elements Method of allocating work in capacity planning Density-based emergent scheduling system Self organizing industrial control system using bidding process Self organizing industrial control system importing neighbor constraint ranges Patent #: 6272391 InventorsApplicationNo. 407474 filed on 09/28/1999US Classes:700/100, Job scheduling700/96, Integrated system (Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)700/103Constraints or rulesExaminersPrimary: Picard, Leo P.Assistant: Rapp, Chad Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 019/00AbstractAn industrial control system uses a number of autonomous control units, each associated with one piece of equipment in an industrial process. The autonomous control units negotiate by bidding among themselves to determine a common set of input and output values for the interconnected machines with which they are associated. Each autonomous control unit determines whether input values are acceptable by using a model of its associated equipment. The model provides anticipated output values which may be compared against a predetermined range of outputs of associated machines, outputs compatible with downstream machines, or the constraints of the overall industrial process according to a designated job to be accomplished. Optimization of the input and output values is provided by allowing preliminary bids to be the subject of optimizing counter-bids if the original bid value could have been accepted. | |
