Patents by Inventor Octavian Udrea

Octavian Udrea 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).

  • Patent number: 11727289
    Abstract: A method for improving performance of at least one hardware processor solving a top-k planning problem includes obtaining, in a memory coupled to the at least one processor, a specification of the planning problem in a planning language; obtaining, in a first iteration carried out by the at least one processor, at least one solution to the planning problem; and modifying the planning problem, in the first iteration carried out by the at least one processor, to forbid the at least one solution. The method further includes repeating, by the at least one processor, the obtaining of the at least one solution and the modifying to forbid the at least one solution, for a plurality of additional iterations, after the first iteration, until a desired number, k, of solutions to the planning problem are found or until no further solutions exist, whichever comes first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Katz, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Octavian Udrea
  • Publication number: 20220300852
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided that relate to a computer system, a computer program product, and a computer-implemented method for automating scenario planning. Embodiments involve machine learning (ML) and an artificial intelligence (AI) planner to capture a general scenario planning (GSP) problem and provide a solution to the GSP problem in the form of trajectories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Octavian Udrea, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Michael Katz, Mark David Feblowitz, Kavitha Srinivas, Oktie Hassanzadeh
  • Publication number: 20220188691
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a computer implemented method, system, and computer program product for automated generation of trained machine learning models and a machine learning model created using the method. The method may comprise receiving a space of possible automatically generated trained machine learning model pipelines, the space defined by a context-free grammar, generating, by a processor, a planning model from the context-free grammar, and automatically generating, by the processor, a plurality of candidate trained machine learning pipelines based upon the planning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Katz, Parikshit Ram, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Octavian Udrea
  • Patent number: 11237933
    Abstract: Techniques for solving a multi-agent plan recognition problem are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises transforming, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a problem model and an at least partially ordered sequence of observations into an artificial intelligence planning problem through a transform algorithm. The problem model can comprises a domain description from a plurality of agents and a durative action. Furthermore, at least one of the observations of the at least partially ordered sequence of observations can be a condition that changes over time. The computer-implemented method further comprises determining, by the device, plan information using an artificial intelligence planner on the artificial intelligence planning problem. The computer-implemented method further comprises translating, by the device, the plan information into information indicative of a solution to the artificial intelligence planning problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anton V. Riabov, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Octavian Udrea
  • Patent number: 11107182
    Abstract: Techniques for translating graphical representations of domain knowledge are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a graphical representation of domain knowledge. The graphical representation comprises information indicative of a central concept and at least one chain of events associated with the central concept. The computer-implemented method further comprises translating, by the device, the graphical representation into an artificial intelligence planning problem. The artificial intelligence planning problem is expressed in an artificial intelligence description language. The translating comprises parsing the graphical representation into groupings of terms. A first grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises an event from the at least one chain of events and a second grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises the information indicative of the central concept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anton V. Riabov, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Octavian Udrea
  • Patent number: 11030561
    Abstract: Techniques for scenario planning are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method can comprise analyzing, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, content using a topic model. The content can be associated with a defined source and is related to one or more current events. The computer-implemented method can also comprise determining, by the device, one or more portions of the analyzed content that are relevant to one or more key risk drivers using a risk driver model. The computer-implemented method can also comprise aggregating, by the device, the determined one or more portions into one or more emerging storylines based on values of one or more attributes of the topic model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuan-Chi Chang, Mark D. Feblowitz, Nagui Halim, Stuart S. Horn, Edward J. Pring, Anton V. Riabov, Edward W. Shay, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Deepak S. Turaga, Octavian Udrea, Fang Yuan, Peter Zimmer
  • Patent number: 11023840
    Abstract: Techniques for scenario planning are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method can comprise analyzing, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, content using a topic model. The content can be associated with a defined source and is related to one or more current events. The computer-implemented method can also comprise determining, by the device, one or more portions of the analyzed content that are relevant to one or more key risk drivers using a risk driver model. The computer-implemented method can also comprise aggregating, by the device, the determined one or more portions into one or more emerging storylines based on values of one or more attributes of the topic model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuan-Chi Chang, Mark D. Feblowitz, Nagui Halim, Stuart S. Horn, Edward J. Pring, Anton V. Riabov, Edward W. Shay, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Deepak S. Turaga, Octavian Udrea, Fang Yuan, Peter Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20210004741
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for providing top-K quality plans streaming applications in a computing environment. A set of top-K quality plans using a quality bound for a planning problem. The planning problem may be reformulated in one or more subsequent iterations and forbidding use one or more of the set of top-K quality plans. Identifying one or more of the set top-K quality plans having a quality less than the quality bound during the one or more subsequent iterations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael KATZ, Octavian UDREA, Shirin SOHRABI ARAGHI
  • Patent number: 10885449
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for computing a solution to a plan recognition problem. The plan recognition problem includes the model and a partially ordered sequence of observations or traces. The plan recognition is transformed into an AI planning problem such that a planner can be used to compute a solution to it. The approach is general. It addresses unreliable observations: missing observations, noisy observations (or observations that need to be discarded), and ambiguous observations). The approach does not require plan libraries or a possible set of goals. A planner can find either one solution to the resulting planning problem or multiple ranked solutions, which maps to the most plausible solution to the original problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anton Viktorovich Riabov, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Octavian Udrea
  • Patent number: 10831629
    Abstract: Techniques for solving a multi-agent plan recognition problem are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises transforming, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a problem model and an at least partially ordered sequence of observations into an artificial intelligence planning problem through a transform algorithm. The problem model can comprises a domain description from a plurality of agents and a durative action. Furthermore, at least one of the observations of the at least partially ordered sequence of observations can be a condition that changes over time. The computer-implemented method further comprises determining, by the device, plan information using an artificial intelligence planner on the artificial intelligence planning problem. The computer-implemented method further comprises translating, by the device, the plan information into information indicative of a solution to the artificial intelligence planning problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anton V. Riabov, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Octavian Udrea
  • Patent number: 10783441
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a method and a system for determining a set of plans that best match a set of preferences. The method may include receiving into a goal specification interface at least one goal to be accomplished by the set of plans; receiving into a preference engine a pattern that includes preferences; generating a planning problem by using the preference engine; generating a set of plans by at least one planner; and providing the set of plans for selection of one plan to deploy. In a further embodiment, the preferences may be an occurrence or non-occurrence of at least one component, an occurrence of one component over another component, an ordering between at least two components, an existence or non-existence of at least one tag in a final stream, an existence of one tag over another tag in the final stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anton V. Riabov, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Octavian Udrea
  • Publication number: 20200160483
    Abstract: Techniques for translating graphical representations of domain knowledge are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a graphical representation of domain knowledge. The graphical representation comprises information indicative of a central concept and at least one chain of events associated with the central concept. The computer-implemented method further comprises translating, by the device, the graphical representation into an artificial intelligence planning problem. The artificial intelligence planning problem is expressed in an artificial intelligence description language. The translating comprises parsing the graphical representation into groupings of terms. A first grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises an event from the at least one chain of events and a second grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises the information indicative of the central concept.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Anton V. Riabov, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Octavian Udrea
  • Publication number: 20200065687
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for computing a solution to a plan recognition problem. The plan recognition problem includes the model and a partially ordered sequence of observations or traces. The plan recognition is transformed into an AI planning problem such that a planner can be used to compute a solution to it. The approach is general. It addresses unreliable observations: missing observations, noisy observations (or observations that need to be discarded), and ambiguous observations). The approach does not require plan libraries or a possible set of goals. A planner can find either one solution to the resulting planning problem or multiple ranked solutions, which maps to the most plausible solution to the original problem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Anton Viktorovich RIABOV, Shirin SOHRABI ARAGHI, Octavian UDREA
  • Patent number: 10572968
    Abstract: Techniques for translating graphical representations of domain knowledge are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a graphical representation of domain knowledge. The graphical representation comprises information indicative of a central concept and at least one chain of events associated with the central concept. The computer-implemented method further comprises translating, by the device, the graphical representation into an artificial intelligence planning problem. The artificial intelligence planning problem is expressed in an artificial intelligence description language. The translating comprises parsing the graphical representation into groupings of terms. A first grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises an event from the at least one chain of events and a second grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises the information indicative of the central concept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anton V. Riabov, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Octavian Udrea
  • Patent number: 10559058
    Abstract: Techniques for translating graphical representations of domain knowledge are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a graphical representation of domain knowledge. The graphical representation comprises information indicative of a central concept and at least one chain of events associated with the central concept. The computer-implemented method further comprises translating, by the device, the graphical representation into an artificial intelligence planning problem. The artificial intelligence planning problem is expressed in an artificial intelligence description language. The translating comprises parsing the graphical representation into groupings of terms. A first grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises an event from the at least one chain of events and a second grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises the information indicative of the central concept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anton V. Riabov, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Octavian Udrea
  • Patent number: 10552749
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for computing a solution to a plan recognition problem. The plan recognition problem includes the model and a partially ordered sequence of observations or traces. The plan recognition is transformed into an AI planning problem such that a planner can be used to compute a solution to it. The approach is general. It addresses unreliable observations: missing observations, noisy observations (or observations that need to be discarded), and ambiguous observations). The approach does not require plan libraries or a possible set of goals. A planner can find either one solution to the resulting planning problem or multiple ranked solutions, which maps to the most plausible solution to the original problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anton Viktorovich Riabov, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Octavian Udrea
  • Publication number: 20200027191
    Abstract: Techniques for translating graphical representations of domain knowledge are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a graphical representation of domain knowledge. The graphical representation comprises information indicative of a central concept and at least one chain of events associated with the central concept. The computer-implemented method further comprises translating, by the device, the graphical representation into an artificial intelligence planning problem. The artificial intelligence planning problem is expressed in an artificial intelligence description language. The translating comprises parsing the graphical representation into groupings of terms. A first grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises an event from the at least one chain of events and a second grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises the information indicative of the central concept.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Anton V. Riabov, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Octavian Udrea
  • Publication number: 20190340525
    Abstract: A method for improving performance of at least one hardware processor solving a top-k planning problem includes obtaining, in a memory coupled to the at least one processor, a specification of the planning problem in a planning language; obtaining, in a first iteration carried out by the at least one processor, at least one solution to the planning problem; and modifying the planning problem, in the first iteration carried out by the at least one processor, to forbid the at least one solution. The method further includes repeating, by the at least one processor, the obtaining of the at least one solution and the modifying to forbid the at least one solution, for a plurality of additional iterations, after the first iteration, until a desired number, k, of solutions to the planning problem are found or until no further solutions exist, whichever comes first.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Michael KATZ, Shirin SOHRABI ARAGHI, Octavian UDREA
  • Publication number: 20190206021
    Abstract: Techniques for translating graphical representations of domain knowledge are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a graphical representation of domain knowledge. The graphical representation comprises information indicative of a central concept and at least one chain of events associated with the central concept. The computer-implemented method further comprises translating, by the device, the graphical representation into an artificial intelligence planning problem. The artificial intelligence planning problem is expressed in an artificial intelligence description language. The translating comprises parsing the graphical representation into groupings of terms. A first grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises an event from the at least one chain of events and a second grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises the information indicative of the central concept.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Anton V. Riabov, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Octavian Udrea
  • Patent number: 10242425
    Abstract: Techniques for translating graphical representations of domain knowledge are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a graphical representation of domain knowledge. The graphical representation comprises information indicative of a central concept and at least one chain of events associated with the central concept. The computer-implemented method further comprises translating, by the device, the graphical representation into an artificial intelligence planning problem. The artificial intelligence planning problem is expressed in an artificial intelligence description language. The translating comprises parsing the graphical representation into groupings of terms. A first grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises an event from the at least one chain of events and a second grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises the information indicative of the central concept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anton V. Riabov, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Octavian Udrea