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5758029 Formal trust building in the execution of partially trusted behaviors  
A method for executing partially trusted behaviors using an automated assistant. The method employs a guarded execution mode which provides for the safe execution of partially trusted behaviors....
5758028 Fuzzy logic control for computer image generator load management  
A fuzzy logic load management controller for use with a computer image generator. The load management controller is used use with a computer image generator having a plurality of inputs and a...
5751909 Database system with methods for controlling object interaction by establishing database contracts between objects  
A method for ensuring reliable interactions between principals within a database or between databases. The method involves the creation of database contracts which are, in essence, binding...
5751912 Schematic diagram creating system  
A schematic diagram creating system creates schematic diagrams associated with a control apparatus on the basis of a plurality of specification data with an input/output relation between each kind...
5748850 Knowledge base system and recognition system  
In a recognition system using a knowledge base in which there is required tolerance for ambiguity and noises in a knowledge expressing system not having the cause-and-effect relation existing, for...
5737581 Quality system implementation simulator  
A process is disclosed for simulating on a computer system the implementation of a quality system on a business having a product flow. The process entails first inputting a selection of quality...
5732397 Automated decision-making arrangement  
An automated system for use in decision-making, comprises input, output processing and storage capabilities. The storage and processing portions of the system include a number of components which...
5727126 Self-programming circuit  
Circuit (SPSA) has a processing unit (VE) with an electrically erasable and electrically programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a classification unit (KE) and an interface unit (EIF) for the...
5719999 Fuzzy control apparatus in which rules can be changed, method of operating same, control system in which changeover is controlled by fuzzy reasoning, and method of controlling the same  
In a fuzzy control apparatus in which a rule is capable of being changed during operation, a fuzzy reasoning output which prevails immediately prior to a rule change is stored when a rule change is...
5717835 Simple approach to case-based reasoning for data navigation tasks  
An architecture and key algorithms are presented that simplify the implementation and improve the functionality of knowledge-based systems that employ case-based reasoning for data navigation tasks...
5715371 Personal computer-based intelligent networks  
A knowledge processing system and method provides a personal computer-based intelligent network to incorporate personal functions with knowledge domain functions and database management functions....
5715374 Method and system for case-based reasoning utilizing a belief network  
An improved method and system for performing case-based reasoning is provided. A belief network is utilized by the preferred case-based reasoning system for assisting a user in problem resolution....
5706406 Architecture for an artificial agent that reasons defeasibly  
A method for defeasible reasoning including a method for analyzing data input, reasoning to conclusions on the basis of that data and adopting and executing plans on the basis of those conclusions....
5682466 Information processing apparatus for obtaining output data from plural sets of input and output data values  
An information processing apparatus, which is easy to design and has functions of high speed processing, learning, and so on, includes a plurality of memories for storing sets of previously known...
5673365 Fuzzy microcontroller for complex nonlinear signal recognition  
An arrangement (apparatus and method) using fuzzy logic for performing signal processing functions to determine the occurrence of an event, such as a vehicle crash. An acceleration sensor signal is...
5671338 Constraint evaluation system, expert system, and constraint evaluation method  
Constraint evaluation system, expert system, and constraint evaluation method for evaluating an allocation proposal, in which the job combinations are selected for individual evaluation to test if...
5666469 Method for generating solutions for sequencing problems  
A method for generating solutions for sequencing problems of a type that can develop in artificial intelligence or operation research. The method includes the steps of finding multiple sets of...
5657428 Dynamic information processing system and method for the same  
The present invention automatically generates a data block indicating the problem to be solved and the status to be aimed at which is called a goal by goal generating knowledge which is stored...
5652829 Feature merit generator  
The invention discloses steps to compute a new contextual merit measure for feature variables based on a two-fold discovery. First, a feature variable does not exist by itself in distinguishing...
5638492 Information processing apparatus and monitoring apparatus  
An information processing apparatus is capable of achieving high-level functions such as high-speed processing and learning without requiring a complex algorithm based on, for example, knowledge...
5638493 Net list generation for a rule base  
The system includes a rule compiler to convert rules in a rule base into a digital logic implementation and a net list generator. The compiler comprises a rule network input section, an antecedents...
5630025 Generalized configurator using a declaratively constructed two-level bi-partite graph as a knowledge representation  
A generalized configuration expert system for generating a complete, legal, and near-optimal configuration for any complex system consisting of multiple components is disclosed. The present...
5617514 Generalized configurator using multiple interacting packers and declaratively defined constraint expressions  
A generalized configuration expert system for generating a complete, legal, and near-optimal configuration for any complex system consisting of multiple components is disclosed. The present...
5617510 Dependency graph solution for constraint systems  
A method, useful in computer-aided design, of identifying possible solutions to an over-constrained system having a collection of entities and constraints. The method represents the entities in...
5615304 Judgement support system and method  
In a judgement support system and method, essential items to be necessarily judged and optional items to be optionally judged by a user are displayed on a menu screen, thereby allowing a judgement...
5590063 Optimization method using parallel processors  
A method executed by a computer for performing numerical optimization of arbitrary functions in a computer model using parallel processors (10, 12, 14). The method initializes (20) each processor...
5581663 Automated problem formulator and solver  
A computer implemented apparatus to identify problems that exist in a real-world system and to assist in finding a solution to such problems. The apparatus has an input device for receiving a...
5581664 Case-based reasoning system  
A case-based reasoning system which is smoothly integrated into a rule-based reasoning system, thus coordinating case-based reasoning techniques and rule-based reasoning techniques in a unified...
5577249 Method for finding a reference token sequence in an original token string within a database of token strings using appended non-contiguous substrings  
This method non sequentially compares a reference sequence of tokens to an original sequence of tokens to determine subsequences of tokens which exactly or similarly match. The method has a novel...
5539862 System and method for the design of software system using a knowledge base  
A method (40) and system (10) are provided for knowledge based design. Conceptual model elements (12) are stored. Also, stereotype knowledge bases (14) are stored. Ones of the conceptual model...
5504837 Method for resolving conflicts among distributed entities through the generation of counter proposals by transversing a goal hierarchy with acceptable, unacceptable, and indeterminate nodes  
Communication among entities such as customer premises equipment (20, 22, 28) in a telecommunications network (10) is set up through the use of agents representing each entity (20, 22, 28). Agents...
5488697 Problem state monitoring system  
The invention relates to a problem-state monitoring system which includes an automated reasoning technique for providing moment-by-moment advice concerning the operation of a process. The reasoning...
5487134 Real-time rule based processing system  
A rule based processing system that is optimized for implementation in hardware. The system includes a set of logic gates that are used to implement a rule network connected to a working memory...
5481649 Method and apparatus using a decision tree in an adjunct system cooperating with another physical system  
A method and apparatus for use in an adjunct system, such as a control system, operating in cooperation with a linear or non-linear physical system, such as a motor. The physical system performs a...
5481700 Apparatus for design of a multilevel secure database management system based on a multilevel logic programming system  
Apparatus for designing a multilevel secure database management system based on a multilevel logic programming system. The apparatus includes a multilevel knowledge base which has a multilevel...
5477447 Method and apparatus for providing computer-implemented assistance  
A method and apparatus for providing computer-assisted implicit and explicit assistance. If no implicit assist actions are desired or indicated, a logical process is initiated to determine whether...
5442563 Backward assembly planning with DFA analysis  
An assembly planning system that operates based on a recursive decomposition of assembly into subassemblies, and analyzes assembly cost in terms of stability, directionality, and manipulability to...
5438511 Disjunctive unification  
Unification of a disjunctive system is performed based on context identifiers within data structures that correspond to disjunctions. Each context identifier is a logical combination of choices,...
5428712 System and method for representing and solving numeric and symbolic problems  
A system and method for representing and solving problems allows a user to enter objects and attributes, and to form a table of at least two dimensions having object-attribute pairs. An object...
5416892 Best first search considering difference between scores  
A best first search for problem-solving in an artificial intelligence system employing a novel search priority index is disclosed. The search priority index is calculated based on a difference...
5414797 Clustering fuzzy expected value system  
A system provides a tool for computing the most typical fuzzy expected value of a membership function in a fuzzy set. The clustering fuzzy expected value system is used in a question answering...
5414798 Knowledge information generating system  
A knowledge information generating system including: a fundamental rule storage for making and storing, for each process data to be controlled, another process data relating to the former and the...
5408587 Expert system with a frame explanation system  
An explanation system for use in an expert system is described. The rule base used in the inference engine of the expert system is divided into groups of rules called rule classes. With each rule...
5406477 Multiple reasoning and result reconciliation for enterprise analysis  
A computer-based method and apparatus for enterprise analysis, with which a user can generate value projections by applying, in parallel, multiple reasoning methods. The invention presents a method...
5402519 Neural network system adapted for non-linear processing  
A neural network system includes a qualitative evaluation section, a neural network section, a quantifying section and a display section. The qualitative evaluation section qualitatively analyzes...
5398300 Neural network having expert system functionality  
A method for performing a variety of expert system functions on any continuous-state feedforward neural network. These functions include decision-making, explanation, computation of confidence...
5369732 Method and apparatus for goal processing memory management  
The present invention is a method and apparatus for managing memory in goal processing. The present invention creates search states that contain an alternative subgoal (i.e., subgoal with...
5353384 Expert system  
In development of an expert system, there is a problem that when sufficient knowledge is provided for solving a problem, the amount of information to be processed is increased thereby retarding the...
5303331 Compound type expert system  
A compound type expert system comprising a first fuzzy expert system and a second expert system connected to the first expert system through a calculation control system. The first expert system...
5301256 State space search system  
A state space search system searches for an optimal goal state by searching in the direction of a steepest descent with respect to an evaluation function. When the search becomes impossible upon...