99 results about "Decision aiding" patented technology

An autonomous robot performs maintenance and repair activities in oil and gas wells, and in pipelines. The robot uses the well and pipeline fluids to provide most of the energy required for the its mobility, and to charge a turbine from which it may recharge batteries or power a motor for additional propulsion. A control system of associated systems controls the robot, enabling the robot to share plans and goals, situations, and solution processes with wells, pipelines, and external control systems. The control system includes decision aids in a series of knowledge bases that contain the expertise in appropriate fields to provide intelligent behavior to the control system. The intelligent behavior of the control system enables real time maintenance management of wells and pipelines, through actively collecting information, goal-driven system, reasoning at multiple levels, context sensitive communication, activity performing, and estimation of the operators' intent.

A system and method for providing hazardous incident decision support and training includes a user interface component that receives situation definition data, a hazard assessment component and a decision aid. Decision support advice and decision prompts are presented by the system in response to the situation definition interface and hazard assessment. The hazard assessment and expert advice of the system are updated with elapsed time. In another embodiment of the present invention, graphical user interfaces are provided to display a set of menu entries wherein individual menu entries represent a hazardous incident characteristic. The user may select one or more of the menu entries to create a situation definition. Such definitions may be used, for example, to identify a hazardous agent based upon user-inputted signs and symptoms data.

A system and method for providing hazardous incident decision support and training includes a user interface component that receives situation definition data, a hazard assessment component and a decision aid. Decision support advice and decision prompts are presented by the system in response to the situation definition interface and hazard assessment. The hazard assessment and expert advice of the system are updated with elapsed time. In another embodiment of the present invention, graphical user interfaces are provided to display a set of menu entries wherein individual menu entries represent a hazardous incident characteristic. The user may select one or more of the menu entries to create a situation definition. Such definitions may be used, for example, to identify a hazardous agent based upon user-inputted signs and symptoms data.

Methods and systems for prognostic condition assessment decision aid of a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a schedule of missions and maintenance of a fleet of vehicles, comprising receiving data from the fleet of vehicles for missions and maintenance activity, determining mission and maintenance requirements, processing the received data and requirements to provide an operational allocation the fleet of vehicles, determining an alternative allocation of the operational allocation the fleet of vehicles, the alternative allocation satisfying at least one operational objective for the fleet of vehicles, and generating a schedule for the alternative allocation of the fleet of vehicles.

Provided are methods and systems for the automatic calculation and presentation of data on a display device alerting a pilot that a change in flight plan is desirable, possible and administratively compliant under air traffic control protocol. The methods and systems may automatically request the flight clearance over a data link or the pilot may override the data link.

An information sorting decision aid which aids a decisionmaker through the second stage of decision-making of choosing from a large variety of similar products through the use of a graphical preference mechanism together with locally executed recommendation and display logic. A novel combination of a user interface comprising several sliders with Rackham's hypothesis and with a novel weighted matching algorithm to rank products is presented. Each product or service is given a score based on how well its feature strengths match the needs of a user of a system of the invention as expressed by the positions of the sliders.

A joint synchronizer and decoder that implements two decision aided processes, which are referred to as “decision aided candidate selection” and “decision aided synchronization and decoding.” Decision aided candidate selection may be used to select a carrier frequency offset by selecting among a number of candidates for this parameter based on an indication of decoding success. Decision aided synchronization and decoding may be used for phase tracking based on an indication of decoding success. Although these joint synchronizing and decoding techniques may be implemented together, they may also be implemented independently. The joint synchronizer and decoder may be implemented within a return channel receiver in a DVB-RCS system using turbo coding and quadrature phase shift key (QPSK) data modulation.

Methods and systems for prognostic condition assessment decision aid of a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a schedule of missions and maintenance of a fleet of vehicles, comprising receiving data from the fleet of vehicles for missions and maintenance activity, determining mission and maintenance requirements, processing the received data and requirements to provide an operational allocation of the fleet of vehicles, determining an alternative allocation of the operational allocation of the fleet of vehicles, the alternative allocation satisfying at least one operational objective for the fleet of vehicles, and generating a schedule for the alternative allocation of the fleet of vehicles.

A method is provided for managing the revising of a flight plan of an aircraft implemented by at least two systems, one being of avionics type (qualified, certified) and the other not. From a flight plan, flight plan revisions are determined, even assessed, then one or more of these revisions are selected and / or combined. Subsequently, these combinations are processed by the avionics system and the corresponding avionics parameters are calculated. By comparing the different results of avionics quality, the impact of each revision can be quantified then rendered to the pilot to assist in his or her decision-making, in particular with regard to negotiating the revisions with air traffic control. Combinatorial optimization and learning steps are described, as are system and software aspects.

The invention discloses a radio frequency identification (RFID)-technology-based ship lockage management system and an RFID-technology-based ship lockage management method, and belongs to the field of ship lockage management. An electronic communication technology, a computer technology and a network technology are adopted. The system is characterized by comprising a hardware system and a software system. The hardware system consists of an RFID electronic tag, an RFID reader-writer, a mobile phone of a boatman, a short message server, a light-emitting diode (LED) variable message sign, a client computer and a system server. The software system consists of a reader-writer management subsystem, an electronic tag management subsystem, a ship lockage management subsystem and a user management subsystem. The system and the method have the advantages that ship information can be automatically acquired, the identity of a ship can be automatically verified twice, and the lockage scheduling and automatic payment of the ship can be realized to ensure the navigation information data acquisition speed and accuracy of an operated ship, ensure the legality of the ship and ensure that a management department timely and accurately masters the condition of a navigation channel and the lockage condition of the channel and acquires decision aid information.

A method for facilitating a financial decision for 4-dimensional navigation of a vehicle includes receiving navigation information for the vehicle. A current location of the vehicle is determined. Data associated with at least one predetermined location of a plurality of predetermined locations is retrieved. A range of costs for said vehicle, representative of the at least one predetermined arrival time for the at least one predetermined location, is estimated. The range of costs is associated with a minimum value of the navigational information and a maximum value of the navigational information. An indicator representative of at least one cost of the range of costs is displayed.

A user establishes a profile with an enterprise intelligence system. The user specifies a watchlist identifying entities such as members and / or enterprises in which the user is interested. The user also specifies recommendation criteria specifying the types of recommenders to use to identify connections with the entities. The recommenders are used to identify attributes in common between the user and members, and to generate a connection map describing social connections between the user and the members based on the common attributes. A recommendation model for the user generates decision aiding information. The connection map is organized and presented to the user based on the generated decision aiding information. User interactions with the connection map are observed and the recommendation model is updated based on the observed interactions. A pattern of recommenders preferred by the user is learned from the observed interactions, and is used to guide future decision making.

Selection of an appropriate intraocular lens (IOL) and / or the applicable surgical parameters for optimizing the results of refractive procedures on the eye. Features of the IOL are crucial for the selection and / or adjustment of the optimal IOL, but so is the IOL selection method (and parameters) from a surgical perspective. For the method, corresponding output parameters are determined from predetermined, estimated, or measured input parameters and / or their mean values, wherein at least two input parameters are varied with one another and which have at least one input parameter as a distribution function. The resulting function is optimized by means of corresponding target values and the determined distribution function of one or more output parameters is used as a decision aid. The present solution is used for selecting an appropriate IOL and / or the applicable surgical parameters and is applicable in the field of eye surgery for implanting IOLs.

The invention relates to an electric power communication network defect and fault processing decision-aided analysis method, which is characterized in that operating conditions of electric power communication equipment are monitored in real time through an electric power communication equipment early warning module, and generated warning conditions are sent to an electric power communication network dispatching module; and a centralized data processing module is matched with the electric power communication network dispatching module to query corresponding associated information through each functional database according to early warning information, generates electric power communication equipment field operation and maintenance disposition information, sends the electric power communication equipment field operation and maintenance disposition information to a field operation and maintenance processing module so as to remind the field operation and maintenance personnel, and provides reference information for the field operation and maintenance personnel. The electric power communication network defect and fault processing decision-aided analysis method provided by the invention effectively improves the processing efficiency and the processing normalization of defects and faults of the electric power communication equipment, and provides an effective approach for accumulation and enrichment of data in the relevant databases.

Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems for or providing automated assistance in making a decision such as selecting a product when shopping. According to one embodiment, a method of providing automated decision assistance can comprise presenting a user interface for selecting between a plurality of products identified in a product catalog. A question and answer session can be conducted via the user interface. Each question in the question and answer session can be selected based on a current context of the question and answer session and a relevance of each of the plurality of products identified in the product catalog to the current context of the question and answer session. At least one of the plurality of products identified in the product catalog can be suggested via the user interface based on results of the question and answer session.

The invention belongs to the technical field of dam safety reconnaissance, and discloses a comprehensive evaluation method for the dam safety. The method comprises the following steps that 1, a hierarchical structure model of a dam safety system is constructed to generate a tree diagram which takes an objective layer and a criterion layer as a father-son relationship and takes the criterion layer and a factor layer as a father-son relationship; 2, weights of all factors are obtained on the basis of an analytic hierarchy process; 3, objective weight values of all the factors are obtained on the basis of an entropy weight method; 4, a comprehensive weight of indexes is calculated; 5, the evaluation conclusion membership degree is judged; 6, comprehensive evaluation is performed on the dam properties. According to the comprehensive evaluation method for the dam safety, expert knowledge, engineering experiences and measurement data can be utilized more fully, and the dam working properties can be analyzed and evaluated more comprehensively and thoroughly; in addition, an algorithm is clear, easy to achieve and good in robustness, and the method can serve as a more reliable decision aid mean in dam safety management.

The method generally relates to the field of computer software particularly to an improved method of providing aircrew decision aids for use in determining the optimum placement of an Electronic Attack (EA) aircraft. The core of the method is a software program that will dynamically provide the EA flight crew situational awareness regarding a threat emitter's coverage relative to the position of the EA aircraft and to the position of any number of protected entities (PE). The software program generates information to provide visual cues representing a Jam Acceptability Region (JAR) contour, a Jam Assessment Strobe (JAS) and text for display on a number of flexibly configurable display formats posted on display units. The JAR and JAS graphics and text will aid the EA aircrew in rapidly assessing the effectiveness of a given jamming approach. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope of the claims.

The invention generally relates to the field of computer software particularly to an improved method of providing aircrew decision aids for use in determining the optimum placement of an Electronic Attack (EA) aircraft. The core of the invention is a software program that will dynamically provide the EA flight crew situational awareness regarding a threat emitter's coverage relative to the position of the EA aircraft and to the position of any number of protected entities (PE). The software program generates information to provide visual cues representing a Jam Acceptability Region (JAR) contour, a Jam Assessment Strobe (JAS) and text for display on a number of flexibly configurable display formats posted on display units. The JAR and JAS graphics and text will aid the EA aircrew in rapidly assessing the effectiveness of a given jamming approach. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope of the claims.

A computer implemented method and system include receiving a trigger in the computer related to job performance in a work environment. The system compares job performance related to the trigger to a worker competency model having behavior indicators of good performance. The comparison of job performance to the worker competency model, behavior indicators, and outcome measures is used to provide an indication of good and poor job performance for a variety of situations. Training, best practices, and effective strategies may also be automatically identified.

The invention relates to a foreign affairs information management and release system. The system comprises the following aspects: (1) database design comprising (1a) database table design and (1b) storage procedure design; (2) system structure design comprising (2a) a data layer, (2b) a service logic layer and (2c) a user layer; (3) system function setting comprising (3a) user group management, (3b) security management, (3c), data management, (3d) data query and (3e) data backup; (4) system page module designing comprising (5a) database establishment and (5b) system development. The system can properly and rapidly realize foreign affairs development and innovation, realizes foreign affairs information management and release through a network under the support of Asp.net technology, and provides a comprehensive information sharing platform comprising foreign affairs information browsing, query and printing functions for foreign affairs management personnel, thereby playing an important role in providing decision aid information service for foreign affairs management organizations to realize colleges foreign affairs innovation and development.

The invention relates to an adaptive self-learning method for a regulation and control operation decision aided analysis expert model. The method is characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: 1) initially establishing the regulation and control operation decision aided analysis expert model; 2) automatically generating a regulation and control operation scheme; 3) carrying outeffectiveness verification on the generated regulation and control operation scheme; 4) realizing automatic computer learning of the operation scheme, and carrying out automatic adjustment on the initially-established regulation and control operation decision aided analysis expert model according to the effectiveness verification result; 5) manually adjusting the operation scheme, and carrying out automatic model correction through a computer according to the manually-adjusted operation scheme; and 6) repeating the steps 3)-5) until the effectiveness verification result of the step 3) is correct. The method can realize high-speed and intelligent accurate calculation, provides aided analysis for emergency quick decision of a dispatcher, and has a wide engineering application value.

The invention generally relates to the field of computer software particularly to an improved method of providing aircrew decision aids for use in determining the optimum placement of an Electronic Attack (EA) aircraft. The core of the invention is a software program that will dynamically provide the EA flight crew situational awareness regarding a threat emitter's coverage relative to the position of the EA aircraft and to the position of any number of protected entities (PE). The software program generates information to provide visual cues representing a Jam Acceptability Region (JAR) contour, a Jam Assessment Strobe (JAS) and text for display on a number of flexibly configurable display formats posted on display units. The JAR and JAS graphics and text will aid the EA aircrew in rapidly assessing the effectiveness of a given jamming approach. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope of the claims.

The invention discloses an electronic monitoring system and an electronic monitoring method based on active-passive fusion. The system comprises a sensing layer, a transport layer, a data processing layer, and an application layer. The sensing layer is used for collecting signals of a target through AIS equipment, radar equipment and photovoltaic equipment and converting the signals collected by the AIS equipment, the radar equipment and the photovoltaic equipment into original data. The transport layer is used for performing data exchange and command communication and transmitting the original data converted by the sensing layer to the data processing layer through an optical fiber and a network. The data processing layer is used for preprocessing the original data converted by the sensing layer and storing the data in a database to provide a source data support for the application layer. The application layer is used for realizing comprehensive display and detailed display of the target. A powerful support and a decision aid are provided for customs logistics monitoring and vehicle regulation. Pilot construction is implemented from the angle of filling the customs technology gap and innovating the technology application.

A system and method for a neural network is disclosed that is trained to recognize noise characteristics or other types of interference and to determine when an input waveform deviates from learned noise characteristics. A plurality of neural networks is preferably provided, which each receives a plurality of samples of intervals or windows of the input waveform. Each of the neural networks produces an output based on whether an anomaly is detected with respect to the noise, which the neural network is trained to detect. The plurality of outputs of the neural networks is preferably applied to a decision aid for deciding whether the input waveform contains a non-noise component. The decision aid may include a database, a computational section and a decision module. The system and method may provide a preliminary processing of the input waveform and is used to recognize the particular noise rather than a non-noise signal.

The invention generally relates to the field of computer software particularly to an improved method of providing aircrew decision aids for use in determining the optimum placement of an Electronic Attack (EA) aircraft. The core of the invention is a software program that will dynamically provide the EA flight crew situational awareness regarding a threat emitter's coverage relative to the position of the EA aircraft and to the position of any number of protected entities (PE). The software program generates information to provide visual cues representing a Jam Acceptability Region (JAR) contour, a Jam Assessment Strobe (JAS) and text for display on a number of flexibly configurable display formats posted on display units. The JAR and JAS graphics and text will aid the EA aircrew in rapidly assessing the effectiveness of a given jamming approach.

The invention relates to a fire boundary vector information real-time extraction and visualization method and system. With the advantage that an unmanned aerial vehicle is not affected by harsh conditions in the wild being made full utilization of, the unmanned aerial vehicle is equipped with a GPS module, a trajectory control module and a data preprocessing module and the like, and operating personnel can control the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly right over the boundary of a fire scene and record the flight path at regular time under the guidance of ground platform real-time videos, wherein the recorded flight path of the unmanned aerial vehicle can represent the boundary of the fire scene; after re-sampling pretreatment of the trajectory, the forest fire boundary data can be transmitted to a remote server through a communication module; a server program analyzes a message and writes the whole boundary of the fire scene into a database; for large-range forest fire, the invention also considers a multi-UAV collaborative boundary obtaining method; and finally, decision-aid visualized software can read data from the database and updates the data regularly, and decision personnel can know fire scene situations in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional virtual forest environment in real time.

The invention generally relates to the field of computer software particularly to an improved method of providing aircrew decision aids for use in determining the optimum placement of an Electronic Attack (EA) aircraft. The core of the invention is a software program that will dynamically provide the EA flight crew situational awareness regarding a threat emitter's coverage relative to the position of the EA aircraft and to the position of any number of protected entities (PE). The software program generates information to provide visual cues representing a Jam Acceptability Region (JAR) contour, a Jam Assessment Strobe (JAS) and text for display on a number of flexibly configurable display formats posted on display units. The JAR and JAS graphics and text will aid the EA aircrew in rapidly assessing the effectiveness of a given jamming approach.

A method for facilitating a financial decision for 4-dimensional navigation of a vehicle includes receiving navigation information for the vehicle. A current location of the vehicle is determined. Data associated with at least one predetermined location of a plurality of predetermined locations is retrieved. A range of costs for said vehicle, representative of the at least one predetermined arrival time for the at least one predetermined location, is estimated. The range of costs is associated with a minimum value of the navigational information and a maximum value of the navigational information. An indicator representative of at least one cost of the range of costs is displayed.

A system and method intelligently mines information and briefs an aircrew on conditions outside the aircraft. A mission information manager proactively mines incoming data sources, filters for relevance to current flight, retrieves the most up-to-date information, dynamically selects an appropriate format based on perceptual / cognitive affordances of content, and presents integrated, intuitive data that allows the flight crew to rapidly acquire relevant awareness of conditions outside the aircraft. An expert mission model system reviews incoming information for any situations that are of immediate mission concern. The system presents this information to the flight crew's attention while they have the greatest operational flexibility. Additionally, a human factors module provides decision aiding for select critical phases while taking into account information both outside and inside the aircraft.