ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD FOR COMBINING COST DATA IN AUTOMATED MISSION PLANNERS

• US 20100205019A1
• Filed: 02/06/2009
• Published: 08/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation (Martin Marietta Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation (Martin Marietta Corporation)
• Inventors: Szczerba, Robert J., Sheppard, Keith S., Monaco, Thomas V., Jung, Adam L., Tordoft, Raymond A.
• Application Number:
  US12/366,912
• Publication Number:
  US 20100205019A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/04 for dispersing fire from a battery ; for controlling spread of shots; for coordinating fire from spaced weapons
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/047 Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes

Abstract

A system and method for combining cost maps including a multiplicity of cost service components for converting raw planning factors into standardized cost factors. A cost combiner component combines cost factors according to a cost configuration to generate a combined cost map

Claims

1. A system for combining cost factors into cost maps, said system comprising:

a multiplicity of cost service components for converting raw planning factors into standardized cost factors; and

a cost combiner component for combining cost factors according a cost configuration to generate a combined cost map.

2. A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cost service components includes static cost service components for converting raw static planning factors into said standardized cost factors.

3. A system as set forth in claim 2 wherein said cost service components include dynamic cost service components for converting raw dynamic planning factors into standardized cost factors.

4. A system as set forth in claim 3 including a multiplicity of cost evaluator components for evaluating one or more standardized cost factors into the cost.

5. A system as set forth in claim 4 wherein said cost configuration includes a cost weighting and prioritization configuration.

6. A system as set forth in claim 5 including a representation transformer component for transforming the representation of the cost map into different representations;

and

a multiplicity of application specific transformer components for selecting representations appropriate to a specific application and performing any additional transformations that may be needed.

7. The system as set forth in claim 6 wherein said system further includes:

a cost configuration tool component for generating cost factor and cost weighting and prioritization configuration;

a multiplicity of cost factor configuration data component for defining how cost factors are evaluated.

8. The system as set forth in claim 6 further including:

a combination evaluator component for evaluating the suitability of a resulting cost map to a particular problem and adjust the cost configuration to suit, learning the problem.

9. A system as set forth in claim 8 further including:

a cost configuration tool component for generating cost factor and cost weighting and prioritization configuration; and

a multiplicity of cost factor configuration data components for defining how cost factors are evaluated.

10. A system as set forth in claim 6 including static data entry means that enter said raw static planning factors into said static cost service components.

11. A system as set forth in claim 06 including dynamic data entry means that enters said raw dynamic planning factors into said dynamic cost service components.

12. A system as set forth in claim 6 including:

static data entry means that enter said raw static planning factors into said static cost service components; and

dynamic data entry means that enters said raw dynamic planning factors into said dynamic cost service components.

13. A system as set forth in claim 8 including static data entry means that enter said raw static planning factors into said static cost service components.

14. A system as set forth in claim 13 including dynamic data entry means dynamic data entry means that enters said raw dynamic planning factors into said dynamic cost service components.

15. A system a set forth in claim 13 including static data entry means that enter said raw static planning factors into said static cost surface components and dynamic data entry means that enters said raw dynamic planning factors into said dynamic cost service components.

16. A method for combining cross factors into cost maps wherein said method includes the steps of:

receiving a multiplicity of cost service components for converting raw planning factors into standardized cost factors;

combining cost factors according to a cost configuration to generate a combined cost map.

17. A method as set forth in claim 16 including the further steps of transforming a representation of the cost map into different representations and selecting representations appropriate to a specific application and performing any additional transformations that may be needed.

18. A computer readable medium having a computer program product for combining cost factors into cost maps, said computer program product comprising:

a first instruction for converting raw planning factors into standardized cost factors;

a second instruction for combining cost factors according to a cost configuration to generate a combined cost map.

19. The computer readable medium as set forth in claim 18 including a third instruction for transforming a representation of the cost map into different representations and a fourth instruction for selecting representations appropriate to a specific application and performing any additional transformations that may be needed.

20. A computer readable medium as set forth in claim 19 including the further step of defining how cost factors are evaluated.