Interactive, Constraint-Network Prognostics and Diagnostics To Control Errors and Conflicts (IPDN)

摘要

Methods for interactively preventing and detecting conflicts and errors (CEs) through prognostics and diagnostics. Centralized and Decentralized Conflict and Error Prevention and Detection (CEPD) Logic is developed for prognostics and diagnostics over three types of real-world constraint networks: random networks (RN), scale-free networks (SFN), and Bose-Einstein condensation networks (BECN). A method is provided for selecting an appropriate CEPD algorithm from a plurality of algorithms having either centralized or decentralized CEPD logic, based on analysis of the characteristics of the CEPD algorithms and the characteristics of the constraint network.

主权项

1. A method of preventing and detecting conflicts and errors through prognostics and diagnostics, comprising:
at least one control unit; receiving a list of parameters associated with a system of cooperative units and interactions between the cooperative units by at least one control unit; performing detection, including:
a) providing a list of at least two constraints, each constraint defining a task to be accomplished or a requirement to be satisfied by one or more cooperative units by a first time;b) identifying one or more constraints from the list, which need to be satisfied by a defined time;c) identifying for each identified constraint whether any conflict or error exists; where a conflict occurs whenever an inconsistency between two or more cooperative units occurs, and an error is associated with any condition that is inconsistent with the list of parameters;d) marking the constraints for which an error or conflict has been identified;e) incrementing a mark count for each cooperative unit associated with each marked constraint; performing at least one of diagnosis and prognosis in the at least one control unit based at least in part on the marked constraints.