Method and apparatus for providing a search engine for optimizing a decentralized or emergent model on a computer network
First Claim
1. A method of providing an engine for searching and/or optimizing an emergent model on a computer network, the emergent model including one or more models having computer instructions and data that describe behavior of a system and/or evaluate the system, comprising the steps of:
- generating data objects and/or function objects, at least some of the data objects and/or function objects being model inputs and/or model outputs, at least some of the function objects defining interdependencies within a model by providing solvable expressions that relate data objects and/or function objects;
publishing identifiers for the data objects and/or the function objects;
subscribing to the data objects and/or the function objects by creating relationships between the data objects and/or the function objects by referencing the data objects and/or the function objects within the function objects, thereby linking the data objects and/or the function objects, wherein networks of linked data objects and/or function objects emerge;
sending messages to referencing data objects and/or function objects when referenced data objects and/or referenced function objects change;
invoking methods on data objects and/or function objects when data objects and/or function objects require information;
solving the expressions within the function objects when the messages are received;
storing the data objects and/or the function objects in a central location on a single computing device or in a distributed manner across multiple computing devices on a computer network; and
defining at least one of the data objects and/or function objects as an input object and defining at least one of the data objects and/or function objects as an output object to a search engine, the search engine generating changes to the input object until the output object satisfies a predefined criteria; and
wherein the emergent networks of linked data objects and/or function objects are independently published to, and subscribed to, in a manner free of a globally predefined network of data objects and/or function objects, thereby generating the emergent model.
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Abstract
A search engine is provided for searching, evaluating and/or optimizing an emergent model on a computer network. The emergent model is created by independently generating, publishing references to, and subscribing to data objects and/or function objects in a manner free of a globally predefined data object and/or function object definition. Messages are sent to referencing data objects and/or function objects when referenced data objects and/or function objects change. Functions within the function objects are solved when the messages are received. The data objects and/or the function objects are stored in a distributed manner across multiple computing devices on a computer network. At least one of the data objects is defined as an input data object and at least one of the data objects is defined as an output data object to a search engine, the search engine generating changes to the input data object until the output data object satisfies a predefined criteria.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of providing an engine for searching and/or optimizing an emergent model on a computer network, the emergent model including one or more models having computer instructions and data that describe behavior of a system and/or evaluate the system, comprising the steps of:
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generating data objects and/or function objects, at least some of the data objects and/or function objects being model inputs and/or model outputs, at least some of the function objects defining interdependencies within a model by providing solvable expressions that relate data objects and/or function objects; publishing identifiers for the data objects and/or the function objects; subscribing to the data objects and/or the function objects by creating relationships between the data objects and/or the function objects by referencing the data objects and/or the function objects within the function objects, thereby linking the data objects and/or the function objects, wherein networks of linked data objects and/or function objects emerge; sending messages to referencing data objects and/or function objects when referenced data objects and/or referenced function objects change; invoking methods on data objects and/or function objects when data objects and/or function objects require information; solving the expressions within the function objects when the messages are received; storing the data objects and/or the function objects in a central location on a single computing device or in a distributed manner across multiple computing devices on a computer network; and defining at least one of the data objects and/or function objects as an input object and defining at least one of the data objects and/or function objects as an output object to a search engine, the search engine generating changes to the input object until the output object satisfies a predefined criteria; and wherein the emergent networks of linked data objects and/or function objects are independently published to, and subscribed to, in a manner free of a globally predefined network of data objects and/or function objects, thereby generating the emergent model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of providing an engine for optimizing a decentralized model on a computer network, the decentralized model including one or more models having computer instructions and data that describe behavior of a system and/or evaluate the system, comprising the steps of:
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generating data objects and/or function objects, at least same of the data objects and/or function objects being model inputs and/or model outputs, at least some of the function objects defining interdependencies within a model by providing solvable expressions that relate data objects and/or function objects; publishing identifiers for the data objects and/or the function objects; subscribing to the data objects and/or the function objects by creating relationships between the data objects and/or the function objects by referencing the data objects and/or the function objects within the function objects, thereby linking the data objects and/or the function objects, wherein networks of linked data objects and/or function objects emerge; sending messages to referencing data objects and/or function objects when referenced data objects and/or referenced function objects change; invoking methods on data objects and/or function objects when data objects and/or function objects require information; solving the expressions within the function objects when the messages are received; storing the data objects and/or the function objects in a central location on a single computing device or in a distributed manner across multiple computing devices on a computer network; defining at least one of the data objects as an input data object and defining at least one of data objects as an output data object to a search engine, the search engine generating changes to the input data object until the output data object satisfies a predefined criteria; and wherein the relationships between the data objects and/or function objects are created without using a single coordinating computing device, or are created using multiple coordinating computing devices on the computer network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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