Patents by Inventor Ofer (Michael) Shir

Ofer (Michael) Shir 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: 9305266
    Abstract: A method comprising using at least one hardware processor for: receiving a multi-objective optimization problem; projecting a Pareto frontier of candidate solutions for said multi-objective optimization problem to a hyperplane; decomposing said hyperplane into multiple Voronoi regions each associated with a candidate solution of said candidate solutions; determining a robustness degree for each candidate solution of said candidate solutions, by computing a hypervolume for each region of said multiple Voronoi regions; and ranking said candidate solutions based on the robustness degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Amid, Ateret Anaby-Tavor, David Boaz, Dmitry A Moor, Ofer Michael Shir
  • Publication number: 20150227848
    Abstract: A method comprising using at least one hardware processor for: receiving a multi-objective optimization problem; projecting a Pareto frontier of candidate solutions for said multi-objective optimization problem to a hyperplane; decomposing said hyperplane into multiple Voronoi regions each associated with a candidate solution of said candidate solutions; determining a robustness degree for each candidate solution of said candidate solutions, by computing a hypervolume for each region of said multiple Voronoi regions; and ranking said candidate solutions based on the robustness degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David AMID, Ateret ANABY-TAVOR, David BOAZ, Dmitry A. MOOR, Ofer Michael SHIR
  • Patent number: 9104963
    Abstract: A method of visualizing a plurality of designs which comply with a plurality of objectives. The method comprises acquiring a plurality of designs each represented by sequential multivariate data indicative of a compliance with a plurality of objectives, generating an objective anchored based self-organizing map (SOM) having a plurality of objective anchors and maps the plurality of designs in an objective space, and outputting the objective anchored based SOM. Each objective anchor is associated with one of the plurality of objectives, each the design is visualized in the objective anchored based SOM by an indicator which the distance thereof from each the objective anchors is indicative of a compliance thereof with a respective the associated objective in relation to other of the plurality of objectives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Amid, Ateret Anaby-Tavor, Peter Bak, David Boaz, Shahar Chen, Ofer Michael Shir
  • Patent number: 8930150
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting leaks in a fluid distribution network are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes calculating value of non-revenue fluid. Further, the method includes receiving data corresponding to pressure from pressure sensors in the fluid distribution network and receiving data corresponding to flow from flow sensors in the fluid distribution network. Furthermore, the method includes estimating pressure values at the pressure sensors and estimating flow values at the flow sensors. The received data and estimated values of respective sensors for corresponding time periods are compared. Existence of leak in the fluid distribution network is detected if the value of non-revenue fluid is non-zero. One or more leak spots are located, if a leak is detected, by solving an optimization problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eitan Israeli, Lena Granovsky, Yossi Shiloach, Ofer Michael Shir, Segev Wasserkrug
  • Publication number: 20140074758
    Abstract: A method of visualizing a plurality of designs which comply with a plurality of objectives. The method comprises acquiring a plurality of designs each represented by sequential multivariate data indicative of a compliance with a plurality of objectives, generating an objective anchored based self-organizing map (SOM) having a plurality of objective anchors and maps the plurality of designs in an objective space, and outputting the objective anchored based SOM. Each objective anchor is associated with one of the plurality of objectives, each the design is visualized in the objective anchored based SOM by an indicator which the distance thereof from each the objective anchors is indicative of a compliance thereof with a respective the associated objective in relation to other of the plurality of objectives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Amid, Ateret Anaby-Tavor, Peter Bak, David Boaz, Shahar Chen, Ofer Michael Shir
  • Publication number: 20130197833
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting leaks in a fluid distribution network are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes calculating value of non-revenue fluid. Further, the method includes receiving data corresponding to pressure from pressure sensors in the fluid distribution network and receiving data corresponding to flow from flow sensors in the fluid distribution network. Furthermore, the method includes estimating pressure values at the pressure sensors and estimating flow values at the flow sensors. The received data and estimated values of respective sensors for corresponding time periods are compared. Existence of leak in the fluid distribution network is detected if the value of non-revenue fluid is non-zero. One or more leak spots are located, if a leak is detected, by solving an optimization problem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eitan Israeli, Lena Granovsky, Yossi Shiloach, Ofer (Michael) Shir, Segev Wasserkrug