Patent ID: 11927926
Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling an environment, the method comprising:
repeatedly selecting control settings for the environment based on (i) a causal model that identifies causal relationships between possible settings for controllable elements in the environment and environment responses that reflect a performance of the control system in controlling the environment and (ii) current values of a set of internal parameters;
mapping the current causal model to a probability distribution over possible settings for at least one of the controllable elements; and
during the repeatedly selecting:
monitoring environment responses to the selected control settings;
determining, based on the environment responses, an indication that one or more properties of the environment have changed; and
in response, modifying the current values of one or more of the internal parameters.