Robert M Mccormack

US Patent:

8407173, Mar 26, 2013

Filed:

Oct 3, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/244798

Inventors:

Jamie L. Estock - Washington DC, US
Robert K. McCormack - Somerville MA, US
Emily K M Stelzer - Rockville MD, US
Kathryn Engel - Ijamsville MD, US
Amy Alexander Horrey - Maynard MA, US

Assignee:

Aptima, Inc. - Woburn MA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06N 5/02

US Classification:

706 46, 706 12, 706 19

Abstract:

Embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods establish quantitative relationships between system features and system objectives. In some embodiments, the features have a plurality of feature values related to the objective and the methods comprise analyzing a mathematical functional relationship between the plurality of feature values and the objective to create a plurality of objective values reflecting the ability of the feature values to satisfy the objective, selecting a feature value and analyzing the relationship to create an objective value; and generating an objective measure reflecting the objective value. In some embodiments, the mathematical function comprises a polynomial interpolation. In some embodiments, the features are a fidelity dimension and the feature values are values of fidelity in a processor based aircraft simulator.