Patents by Inventor David Wolfe Corne
David Wolfe Corne 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).
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Patent number: 10409927Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a design for a system (2) that comprises a plurality of subsystems (4, 6) is provided. Criteria to be satisfied by the system (2) are identified. For each subsystem (4, 6), further criteria that are to be satisfied by that subsystem (4, 6) are determined and a parametric model (8, 16) is then determined. These comprise inputs (10, 18) and outputs (14, 22) that are dependent on the inputs (10, 18). A systems engineering model (100) comprising, as inputs, parametric model inputs (10, 18) is then determined. System model outputs (28) are dependent on the system model inputs. Groups consisting of some of the system model inputs are formed and an optimization process is performed, for each group, to determine inputs that optimize the system model outputs (28). A set of inputs that optimize the system model outputs (28) provides a design for the system.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2013Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventors: Antony James Waldock, David Wolfe Corne, David Anthony Edward Morgan
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Publication number: 20170131435Abstract: A computer implemented method for predicting localised weather for a location of interest using a plurality of different sources of weather variables associated with the location of interest, including multiple sources of weather observation variables and multiple sources of weather forecast variables, the method comprising: repeatedly retrieving using a computer processor weather observation variables and weather forecast variables from the identified plurality of different sources over time; storing the captured weather observation variables and weather forecast variables in a memory as a function of time; identifying using the computer processor specific observation variables and specific forecast variables from the stored variables for each specific weather variable that has to be predicted, wherein the weather variable to be predicted includes a specified time; and building using the computer processor and the identified specific observation variables and identified specific forecast variables a predictiType: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Andrew Duncan PEACOCK, Edward Hugh OWENS, Manjula Saman Bandara DISSANAYAKE, David Wolfe CORNE
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Patent number: 9441980Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining a route for a vehicle (2), the method comprising: providing a set of routes, each route from a starting location to a terminal location and determined using a first algorithm; acquiring, by a processor (6), a starting location (A); acquiring, by the processor (6), a terminal location (B); using the starting and terminal locations, selecting, by the processor (6), one or more routes from the provided set of routes dependent upon the starting location (A) and the terminal location (B); and, using the acquired starting and terminal locations, and the selected routes, performing, by the processor (6), a second algorithm to determine a route for the vehicle (2) from the starting location (A) to the terminal location (B), the second algorithm comprising an optimization process (with respect to certain objectives) using the selected routes as at least part of an initiator set of routes.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventors: David Wolfe Corne, Antony James Waldock
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Publication number: 20150205891Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a design for a system (2) that comprises a plurality of subsystems (4, 6) is provided. Criteria to be satisfied by the system (2) are identified. For each subsystem (4, 6), further criteria that are to be satisfied by that subsystem (4, 6) are determined and a parametric model (8, 16) is then determined. These comprise inputs (10, 18) and outputs (14, 22) that are dependent on the inputs (10, 18). A systems engineering model (100) comprising, as inputs, parametric model inputs (10, 18) is then determined. System model outputs (28) are dependent on the system model inputs. Groups consisting of some of the system model inputs are formed and an optimisation process is performed, for each group, to determine inputs that optimise the system model outputs (28). A set of inputs that optimise the system model outputs (28) provides a design for the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventors: Antony James Waldock, David Wolfe Corne, David Anthony Edward Morgan
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Publication number: 20150185033Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining a route for a vehicle (2), the method comprising: providing a set of routes, each route from a starting location to a terminal location and determined using a first algorithm; acquiring, by a processor (6), a starting location (A); acquiring, by the processor (6), a terminal location (B); using the starting and terminal locations, selecting, by the processor (6), one or more routes from the provided set of routes dependent upon the starting location (A) and the terminal location (B); and, using the acquired starting and terminal locations, and the selected routes, performing, by the processor (6), a second algorithm to determine a route for the vehicle (2) from the starting location (A) to the terminal location (B), the second algorithm comprising an optimization process (with respect to certain objectives) using the selected routes as at least part of an initiator set of routes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventors: David Wolfe Corne, Antony James Waldock
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Patent number: 8965833Abstract: A method of generating a set of solutions to a route-planning problem includes iteratively applying a Probability Collective (PC) method, each iteration including sampling from a probability distribution defined over a set of decision variables relating to a route-planning problem and using an archive set of decision variables and a set of the sampled decision variables to update the probability distribution for use in a subsequent PC method iteration. A set of solutions, each including at least one decision variable with an associated objective function result evaluated by the PC method iterations, is output.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventors: Antony James Waldock, David Wolfe Corne
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Publication number: 20120226654Abstract: A method of generating a set of solutions to a route-planning problem includes iteratively applying a Probability Collective (PC) method, each iteration including sampling from a probability distribution defined over a set of decision variables relating to a route-planning problem and using an archive set of decision variables and a set of the sampled decision variables to update the probability distribution for use in a subsequent PC method iteration. A set of solutions, each including at least one decision variable with an associated objective function result evaluated by the PC method iterations, is output.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2010Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventors: Anthony James Waldock, David Wolfe Corne