PARAMETER MODIFICATION

• US 20150301508A1
• Filed: 04/17/2014
• Published: 10/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rovio Entertainment Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Rovio Entertainment Ltd.
• Inventors: Partanen, Jyri
• Granted Patent: US 11,237,527 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/024 in which a parameter or coefficient is automatically adjusted to optimise the performance

Abstract

According to an example embodiment of the present invention there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to cause a first parameter value set comprising at least one first parameter value to be provided to a first set of devices, obtain a fitness value associated with the first parameter value set in the first set of devices, determine, based at least in part on the fitness value and an optimization algorithm, at least one second parameter value set comprising at least one second parameter value, and cause the at least one second parameter value set to be provided to the first set or a second set of devices

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to:

cause a first parameter value set comprising at least one first parameter value to be provided to a first set of devices;

obtain a fitness value associated with the first parameter value set in the first set of devices;

determine, based at least in part on the fitness value and an optimization algorithm, at least one second parameter value set comprising at least one second parameter value, and

cause the at least one second parameter value set to be provided to the first set or a second set of devices.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fitness value indicates at least one of a user retention rate, a measure of fuel consumption and an industrial process yield.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optimization algorithm comprises at least one of an adaptive simulated annealing algorithm, a simulated annealing algorithm and an iterated local search algorithm.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is further configured to select the optimization algorithm at least in part based on a number of devices comprised in the second set of devices.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is further configured to determine the second set of devices based at least in part on at least one of the following:

a geographic area, a device type, a number of parameters comprised in the second parameter value set and a type of at least one parameter value comprised in the second parameter value set.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to cause the first parameter value set to be provided to the first set of devices by causing transmission of the first parameter value set to at least one device of the first set of devices responsive to at least one request from the at least one device.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is, responsive to determining, using the optimization algorithm, a preferred parameter value set, configured to cause the preferred parameter value set to be provided to a third set of devices.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the third set of devices comprises at least one of the first set and second set of devices.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to cause the first parameter value set to be provided to the first set of devices at least in part via a wireless data interface.

10. A method comprising:

causing a first parameter value set comprising at least one first parameter value to be provided to a first set of devices;

obtaining a fitness value associated with the first parameter value set in the first set of devices;

determining, based at least in part on the fitness value and an optimization algorithm, at least one second parameter value set comprising at least one second parameter value, and

causing the at least one second parameter value set to be provided to the first set or a second set of devices.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the fitness value indicates at least one of a user retention rate, a measure of fuel consumption and an industrial process yield.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the optimization algorithm comprises at least one of an adaptive simulated annealing algorithm, a simulated annealing algorithm and an iterated local search algorithm.

13. The method according to claim 10, further comprising selecting the optimization algorithm at least in part based on a number of devices comprised in the second set of devices.

14. The method according claim 10, further comprising determining the second set of devices based at least in part on at least one of the following:

a geographic area, a device type, a number of parameters comprised in the second parameter value set and a type of at least one parameter value comprised in the second parameter value set.

15. The method according to claim 10, wherein causing the first parameter value set to be provided to the first set of devices comprises causing transmission of the first parameter value set to at least one device of the first set of devices responsive to at least one request from the at least one device.

16. The method according to claim 10, comprising causing a preferred parameter value set to be provided to a third set of devices responsive to determining, using the optimization algorithm, the preferred parameter value set.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the third set of devices comprises at least one of the first set and second set of devices.

18. The method according claim 10, comprising causing the first parameter value set to be provided to the first set of devices at least in part via a wireless data interface.

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21. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of computer readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause an apparatus to at least:

cause a first parameter value set comprising at least one first parameter value to be provided to a first set of devices;

obtain a fitness value associated with the first parameter value set in the first set of devices;

determine, based at least in part on the fitness value and an optimization algorithm, at least one second parameter value set comprising at least one second parameter value, and

cause the at least one second parameter value set to be provided to the first set or a second set of devices.