Case-based knowledge source for artificial intelligence software shell
First Claim
1. An artificial intelligence software shell for plant operation simulation comprising:
- a blackboard module including a database having objects representing plant elements and concepts, the blackboard module storing data values corresponding to the objects, each stored data value having an assigned time variable;
a case-based knowledge source module including a time-magnitude scoring artificial intelligence operation scheme, in communication with the blackboard module, operating on new case data points for comparison with stored data values;
an input data module, in communication with the blackboard module and the at least one knowledge source module, enabling data to be inputted to the shell; and
a control module, in communication with the input data module and the case-based knowledge source module, receiving all input data and controlling operation of the case-based knowledge source;
wherein, in accordance with the time-magnitude scoring artificial intelligence operation scheme of the case-based knowledge source each new case data point is assigned a time window within which a stored data value is selected for scoring the new case data point based on a level of closeness in time and magnitude between the new case data point and the stored data value.
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Abstract
An artificial intelligence software shell for plant operation simulation includes a blackboard module including a database having objects representing plant elements and concepts. A rule-based knowledge source module and a case-based knowledge source module, in communication with the blackboard module, operate on specific predefined blackboard objects. The case-based knowledge source module includes cases having past data points on a time scale. Present data is compared with the past data in the cases both on a time scale and on a magnitude scale for determining levels of closeness in time and magnitude. An input data module, in communication with the blackboard module, enables a user to input data to the shell. A control module, in communication with the knowledge source modules and the input data module, receives all input data and controls operation of the knowledge source modules in accordance with a predetermined knowledge source priority scheme.
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49 Claims
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1. An artificial intelligence software shell for plant operation simulation comprising:
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a blackboard module including a database having objects representing plant elements and concepts, the blackboard module storing data values corresponding to the objects, each stored data value having an assigned time variable; a case-based knowledge source module including a time-magnitude scoring artificial intelligence operation scheme, in communication with the blackboard module, operating on new case data points for comparison with stored data values; an input data module, in communication with the blackboard module and the at least one knowledge source module, enabling data to be inputted to the shell; and a control module, in communication with the input data module and the case-based knowledge source module, receiving all input data and controlling operation of the case-based knowledge source; wherein, in accordance with the time-magnitude scoring artificial intelligence operation scheme of the case-based knowledge source each new case data point is assigned a time window within which a stored data value is selected for scoring the new case data point based on a level of closeness in time and magnitude between the new case data point and the stored data value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An artificial intelligence software shell for plant operation simulation comprising:
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blackboard means for storing objects representing plant elements and concepts and storing data values corresponding to the objects, each stored data value having an assigned time variable; a case-based knowledge source module including a time-magnitude scoring artificial intelligence operation scheme, in communication with the means for storing, operating on new case data points for comparison with stored data values; means, in communication with the means for storing and the case-based knowledge source module, for enabling data to be inputted to the shell; and means, in communication with the means for enabling and the case-based knowledge source module, for receiving all input data and controlling operation of the case-based knowledge source module; wherein, in accordance with the time-magnitude scoring artificial intelligence operation scheme of the case-based knowledge source each new case data point is assigned a time window within which a stored data value is selected for scoring the new case data point based on a level of closeness in time and magnitude between the new case data point and the stored data value. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of simulating plant operation with an artificial intelligence software shell comprising the steps of:
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storing, in a database, objects representing plant elements and concepts and data values corresponding to the objects each data value having an assigned time variable; reading input data including data points from an input data source, each data point having an associated time window variable; determining, from the input data read, when at least a case-based artificial intelligence knowledge source should execute in accordance with a predetermined knowledge source priority scheme; and executing at least the case-based knowledge source, in accordance with the determination; wherein the step of executing includes selecting one of said stored data values from within a time window defined by the time window variable for scoring a data point based on a level of closeness between the data point and the data value in time and magnitude closeness to data in a stored case. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A case-based knowledge source module for an artificial intelligence software shell for plant operation simulation, the shell including a blackboard module database having objects representing plant elements and concepts, and a control module for receiving data and controlling operation of the case-based knowledge source module on the blackboard objects, the case-based knowledge source module comprising:
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a table including a plurality of stored cases, each case having a plurality of stored data points and an associated time value for each stored data point; and a time magnitude scoring scheme, whereupon if a certain level of closeness is found between data received and the stored data points in both magnitude and time, a condition is inferred to be true; wherein the data received includes new data points, each new data point having an assigned time window value, and a stored data point is selected from within the time window to score the new data point based on a level of closeness in time and magnitude between the stored data point and the new data point.
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48. An artificial intelligence software shell comprising:
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a blackboard module including a database storing past data points associated with objects representing plant elements and concepts, each past data point having an associated time variable; and a case-based knowledge source module, in communication with the blackboard module, receiving new data points, each new data point having an associated time window variable defining a time window, the case-based knowledge source module, for each new data point received, selecting a past data point from within the time window based on a level of closeness between the past data point and the new data point for scoring the new data point.
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49. A case-based knowledge source module for an artificial intelligence software shell for plant operation simulation, the shell including a blackboard module database having objects representing plant elements and concepts, and a control module for receiving data and controlling operation of the case-based knowledge source module on the blackboard objects, the case-based knowledge source module comprising:
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a table including a plurality of stored cases, each case having a plurality of stored data points and an associated time value for each stored data point; and a time-magnitude scoring scheme in which received data points have an associated time window variable, the time window variable defining a time window within which a stored data point is selected to score the received data point based on a level of closeness in time and magnitude between the stored data point and the received data point.
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