Patents by Inventor William E. Blankson

William E. Blankson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Simultaneous optimal auctions using augmented lagrangian and surrogate optimization
    Patent number: 7599866
    Abstract: A method for determining a market clearing price (“MCP”) in an electricity market, in which an objective function relates the MCP and constraints in terms of a nonlinear programming expression, and the MCP is found by resolving an augmented Lagrangian dual function using a surrogate optimization framework. A system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignees: Southern California Edison Company, The University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Joseph H. Yan, Peter B. Luh, Gary A. Stern, William E. Blankson, Ernan Ni, Ying Chen, Feng Zhao, Yaming Ma