Patents by Inventor Emery J. Coppola, Jr.

Emery J. Coppola, Jr. 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).

  • Neural network based predication and optimization for groundwater/surface water system
    Patent number: 7254564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus, based on the use of a neural network (NN), for (a) predicting important groundwater/surface water output/state variables, (b) optimizing groundwater/surface water control variables, and/or (c) sensitivity analysis, to identify physical relationships between input and output/state variables used to model the groundwater/surface water system or to analyze the performance parameters of the neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Inventors: Emery J. Coppola, Jr., Mary M. Poulton, Ferenc Szidarovszky