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Solving a quadratic programming problem involved in training support vector machines by sweeping through a set of training examples, solving small sub-problems of the quadratic programming problem. Each of these sub-problems has an analytic solution, which is faster that the numerical quadratic programming solutions used in the prior art. In one embodiment, training examples with non-optimal Lagrange multipliers are adjusted, one at a time, until all are optimal (e.g. until all examples fulfill the Kuhn-Tucker conditions). In another embodiment, training examples with non-optimal Lagrange multipliers are paired and then adjusted, until all are optimal.

The present invention is a robotics construction kit that serves as a platform for children to engage in problem-solving and innovative thinking in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. By designing and building robotics constructions from an apparently simple set of blocks that encapsulate the kinetic, electronic, and software elements of robots, children and others can encounter, explore, and experiment with basic principles of science and computation. Unlike existing robotics construction kits for education, the present invention embodies computation in every element, which affords understanding systems of distributed computation, rather than systems of top-down control.

The invention provides an interactive dark ride configured and designed to stimulate the development of creative thinking and problem solving abilities and to encourage group cooperation and team work. A dark ride vehicle is also provided having inward-facing seating adapted to facilitate socializing and group gaming activities among ride participants during the ride sequence. Various interactive effects are provided along a defined ride path and/or along various associated ride cueing areas. The interactive effects are configured and arranged such that ride participants selectively actuate the various effects by successfully completing various requested tasks. Some or all of the interactive effects require the cooperation of multiple ride participants (either on the same vehicle, other vehicles and/or in adjacent queuing areas) in order to actuate the desired effect(s).

A communications tool that combines a software application and various communication systems that parallel natural styles of knowledge sharing and problem solving. It merges with normal patterns of relationship to create a seamless and transparent extension of community. By using computer, Internet, telephone, e-mail, and other communications technologies, the present invention brings these communities of practice to a new level of immediacy and relevance—one not encumbered by time or place. The invention is issue-centered versus document-centered, incorporates a leader-controlled structure, which is distributive and transparent, and enables stratification of items to allow multiple and simultaneous uses of the invention (e.g. dynamic FAQ, electronic whiteboard, expert center, committee review tool, etc.). Leaders control through inherited parameters. The present invention more effectively captures and leverages “tacit” knowledge (that which exists in the minds of participants and has not been written down), by connecting communities and adapting to their forms of interrelationships.

The present invention relates to a device and a method in a transmitter stage in a radio transmitter for modulating and amplifying an information signal for further transmission through a radio channel. The transmitter stage in the radio transmitter comprises a converting device (5) PCH, an amplifier control device (8) PAC, a power detector (13) and a power amplifier (2). Examples of the problems solved by the present invention are difficulties in reducing the power consumption, non-linearities in the output signal when using non-linear amplifiers in radio transmitters, and achieving a high signal-to-noise ratio in the output signal without connecting filter arrangements after such an amplifier. The solution according to the inventive method and device utilizes an information signal which has in earlier steps been divided in its polar components: a phase reference component signal (Ephr) and an amplitude component signal (Aamp). The phase reference component phase modulates a low noise high power signal source which has a constant amplitude. The amplitude of the obtained signal is then formed in an amplifier, which is controllable with the amplitude component signal (Aamp). Its current consumption is registered and compared to a control value for the current. The amplifier is controlled towards this control value.

A problem solving system includes a number of special-purpose computers including at least one quantum computer. Problems are decomposed into sub-problems and routed to one of the special-purpose computers based on the problem class to which the problem belongs. Sub-solutions produced by the special-purpose computers are complied to produce at least an approximate solution to the problem.

Method and system are provided for providing constraint-based guidance to a designer to support the application of useful constraint-based heuristics in complex collaborative design, thus reducing late conflicts and facilitating their resolution when they happen. The invention can be applied to any collaborative problem-solving task such as a collaborative engineering activity or the design of corporate strategies. In the method and system, designers receive constraint-based feedback that enables them to apply constraint-based heuristics that consider the simultaneous effect of all design constraints.

The invention relates to an arc welding robot laser vision seam tracking control method based on offline planning. An online robot seam tracking task is completed by combining information such as a prior model of a target to be measured given by seam tracking offline planning, a planned seam tracking movement trace and the like and comprehensively using a sensor detection and predication mechanism, a transmission delay compensation mechanism, an online seam path filtering mechanism and an online 6-dimensional welding trace synthesis mechanism. The sensor planning technology is introduced into offline programming, so that the onsite teaching problem can be solved, and a template of a total solution to entire seam tracking can be provided from the macroscopic aspect on the principle that excellent sensor detection, welding gun welding and robot operating state are ensured by taking the sensor planning technology as a common manner of systematic problem solving. The sensor only needs to effectively correct a part of links of the template on line in real time to finally automatically and symmetrically solve the robot seam tracking problem.

Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are disclosed for performing diagnostic tests of a communication link between a headend and a cable modem without having to assign an IP address to the cable modem. The diagnostic tests are performed at the MAC layer and test the state of the hardware between and including the cable modem termination system (CMTS) and a selected cable modem. By doing so, a network operator is able to more easily focus in on a potential problem in cable RF/MAC connectivity between the two components by first eliminating (or identifying) a problem with hardware before focusing on problem-solving at the software level, typically at the Network layer, at which point the cable modem is assigned an IP address.

The system includes a show and related marketing which discloses details and strategies related to conceiving, opening, operating, improving and growing a business and incorporates a sponsor's products into the storyline and dialog of the show. The information is shared by broadcasting the reality show to build awareness of various aspects of a business and to demonstrate the relevance, importance and problem solving capabilities of certain business products for potential and current participants in similar situations. The invention also allows the participants to provide feedback in the form of suggested strategies for solving business issues disclosed in the storyline of the show. Based on the feedback, the participant may be eligible for a prize and the strategy feedback incorporated into the show.

The invention discloses a scheduling, organization and cooperation system and a scheduling, organization and cooperation method for a multi-robot system. By adoption of distributive mode architecture, the information interaction is reduced, the systematic resources are used fully, the activity and the problem solving level of the overall system are enhanced, and the ability of intelligent coordination and flexible cooperation among a plurality of robots is enhanced. The method and the system intelligently perform scheduling and cooperation, reduce the communication traffic, reduce the systematic consumption, well adapt to a dynamic environment and complicated dynamic tasks, and enhance the problem solving capability by employing a dynamic decision maker scheme, namely every robot may be atask decision maker. According to the invention, a bulletin is used, a method of making a robot actively check the bulletin to acquire task information in an active free (capability) state is adoptedand the selection of the best can be finished during checking, so that the information interaction is reduced, the information processing and comparison process is simplified, the communication traffic is greatly reduced and problems of information blocking and wastes of the systematic resources are solved.

The invention discloses a POI simplifying parallel computing method based on road mesh hierarchical structure division in order to improve efficiency of POI simplifying computing. A road hierarchical structure and a mesh initial zone are constructed first, the mesh zone is divided in sequence according to the grade of a road, a road mesh hierarchical structure is established, on the basis, road meshes are used for dividing a POI space, a large number of POI are divided into the road meshes, complexity of problem solving is lowered, according to the number of computed nodes and the hierarchical structure of the road meshes, POI data are divided, the data are distributed on the computed nodes, and then the POI are simplified in a parallel mode. According to the method, the road meshes are used for dividing the POI data, influence on the POI from a road net is considered in a data dividing process of the POI, and thematic information and topological information of the simplified POI can be well maintained.

The invention discloses an optimizing method of an independent microgrid system which comprises diesel generators, a wind driven generator, a photovoltaic array and an energy storage battery. The optimizing method specifically comprises the steps of: considering a coordination control strategy among a combined starting mode of multiple diesel generators, the energy storage battery and the diesel generators on an optimizing plan designing model by an independent microgrid system-based multi-target optimizing design model to ensure that the utilization rate of renewable energy resources in the independent microgrid system is higher and the independent microgrid system is more economic and more environment-friendly in operation; aiming at the stability of the optimizing plant designing model of the system, considering the standby capacity of the stability demand of the independent microgrid system; and carrying out multi-target problem solving by adopting an NSGA-II (Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II)-based multi-target genetic algorithm on the basis of a solving algorithm of the optimizing plant design model so as to realize multi-target optimization of economy, reliability and environment friendliness of the independent microgrid system.

An automated support system includes a database of statistics used to calculate and store the solution ratings. The database is connected to a decision-making module that selects appropriate solutions. A known computer operation-related problem is stored in the database. The problem is represented by a set of parameters of a user computer system. Any given set of parameters defines a problem existing on the user(s) computer system. A solution formed by the solution adding module is represented by a special file. The selected solution is automatically executed on the user computer system and operation-related problem is solved. The effective solution is assigned rating stored in the solution database.

Computational systems implement problem solving using heuristic solvers or optimizers. Such may iteratively evaluate a result of processing, and modify the problem or representation thereof before repeating processing on the modified problem, until a termination condition is reached. Heuristic solvers or optimizers may execute on one or more digital processors and/or one or more quantum processors. The system may autonomously select between types of hardware devices and/or types of heuristic optimization algorithms. Such may coordinate or at least partially overlap post-processing operations with processing operations, for instance performing post-processing on an ith batch of samples while generating an (i+1)th batch of samples, e.g., so post-processing operation on the ith batch of samples does not extend in time beyond the generation of the (i+1)th batch of samples. Heuristic optimizers selection is based on pre-processing assessment of the problem, e.g., based on features extracted from the problem and for instance, on predicted success.

An example of a solution provided here comprises: selecting an incident that requires further processing, capturing data associated with said incident, outputting captured data, and outputting a description for said captured data, whereby problem-solving is promoted. Another example comprises: providing runtime features for data capture, selecting an incident that requires further processing, capturing data on a thread that encounters said incident, and outputting captured data. In some cases, such a solution might include comparing a current incident to known incidents, and if a match is found, retrieving information that is relevant to said current incident. In some cases, such a solution might include taking recovery action or corrective action in response to said incident. Methods for handling errors, systems for executing such methods, and instructions on a computer-usable medium, for executing such methods, are provided.

The invention discloses a fitting method for block chains, namely service resources, based on Kubernetes. The method provides a problem solving idea for reasonably configuring network cloud computingresources and deploying multi-scene application of the block chain in a personalized manner, the Kubernetes has the core characteristic that a container can be independently managed and thus the condition that the container in a cloud platform operates according to user expectation is ensured, and the method utilizes the characteristic to build a kubernetes cluster on a server, and thus the functions of managing the user block chain node container and distributing the computing resources needed by a block chain node to a user can be achieved. According to the successful application of the method provided by the invention, on the one hand, efficient configuration and utilization of the computing resources of a cloud service provider can be achieved, and on the other hand, convenient accessof the multi-scene application of the third-party user can be achieved.

An example of a solution provided here comprises providing input from probes, with the input including events generated by an application probe, and events generated by a component probe, and correlating the events. Another example of the solutions provided comprises representing components and events with structured identifiers, each having a limited number of parameters. Methods for end to end component mapping and problem-solving in a network environment, systems for executing such methods, and instructions on a computer-usable medium, for executing such methods, are provided.

The invention relates to an automatic grading system and an automatic grading method based on mass tobacco leaf data. The automatic grading system belongs to a system for carrying out analysis, storage, retrieval and automatic grading on tobacco leaf images by utilizing computer vision, image analysis, machine learning, big data retrieval and artificial intelligence technological algorithms. A mass data retrieval technology is introduced into an automobile tobacco leaf grading system, and corresponding databases and efficient retrieval engines are built, so grading results are more accurate, and the big data concept can become an irresistible trend along with the computer technology development. An artificial intelligence expert system algorithm is introduced, tobacco leaf knowledge in the specific fields is utilized for constructing an expert knowledge base, various complicated tobacco grading problems which can only be solved by human experts are simulated, and the computer intelligence with the same problem solving capability as the experts in the field is reached.

A system and method facilitating lithography defect solution generation is provided. The invention includes a defect solution component and a defect alert component. The defect solution component provides potential solution(s) to a defect within the lithography process utilizing artificial intelligence technique(s) (e.g., Bayesian learning methods that perform analysis over alternative dependent structures and apply a score, Bayesian classifiers and other statistical classifiers, including decision tree learning methods, support vector machines, linear and non-linear regression and/or neural network).

A remote central helpdesk for a plurality of POS appliances includes a diagnostics engine which, on input of a reported problem, executes a series of manual and automated queries in a sequence determined by a decision tree and by the answers to the queries. The diagnostics engine displays the queries on a display, and prompts the helpdesk operator to answer those queries which require a manual input. Automatic queries are executed by the helpdesk computer which interrogates the POS appliance for any necessary data. The diagnostics engine makes the problem-solving visible to the helpdesk operator, and helps the operator to understand their job and the possible reasons why problems might occur.