Patents by Inventor Walter Alden Tackett

Walter Alden Tackett 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).

  • Simultaneous evolution of the architecture of a multi-part program while solving a problem using architecture altering operations
    Patent number: 6058385
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for solving problems where a population is created and evolved to generate a result. While solving the problem, the architecture of entities in the population are altered. Each of said entities may include internally and externally invoked sub-entities. The externally invoked sub-entities are capable of having actions, invocations of sub-entities which are invoked internally, and material. Also, each sub-entity which is invoked internally is capable of including actions, invocations of internally invocable sub-entities, material provided to the externally invocable sub-entity, and material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Inventors: John R. Koza, David Andre, Walter Alden Tackett
  • Simultaneous evolution of the architecture of a multi-part program to solve a problem using architecture altering operations
    Patent number: 5742738
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for solving problems where a population is created and evolved to generate a result. While solving the problem, the architecture of entities in the population are altered. Each of said entities may include internally and externally invoked sub-entities. The externally invoked sub-entities are capable of having actions, invocations of sub-entities which are invoked internally, and material. Also, each sub-entity which is invoked internally is capable of including actions, invocations of internally invocable sub-entities, material provided to the externally invocable sub-entity, and material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: John R. Koza
    Inventors: John R. Koza, David Andre, Walter Alden Tackett