Patents by Inventor Patrick J. Shaffer

Patrick J. Shaffer 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).

  • Real-time optimization of allocation of resources
    Patent number: 8238924
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system and a method for assigning a plurality of resources to a plurality of targets in near real-time are described herein. An evolutionary algorithm such as a particle swarm algorithm iteratively evaluates a predetermined fitness function characteristic of a system including the plurality of resources to find solutions containing optimal resource assignments. Resource parameters are changed based on the assignments to operate on the targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Russell C. Eberhart, Xiaohui Hu, Patrick J. Shaffer
  • REAL-TIME OPTIMIZATION OF ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20110269491
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system and a method for assigning a plurality of resources to a plurality of targets in near real-time are described herein. An evolutionary algorithm such as a particle swarm algorithm iteratively evaluates a predetermined fitness function characteristic of a system including the plurality of resources to find solutions containing optimal resource assignments. Resource parameters are changed based on the assignments to operate on the targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Russell C. Eberhart, Xiaohui Hu, Patrick J. Shaffer