Patent ID: 11961595
Assignee: SRI INTERNATIONAL
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the cost function comprises:, Cost
    ⁡
    
      (
      
        C
        R
      
      )
    
  
  =
  
    
      ICost
      ⁡
      
        (
        R
        )
      
    
    +
    
      
        (
        
          
            
              ∑
              
                C
                ∈
                
                  Reactants
                  ⁡
                  
                    (
                    R
                    )
                  
                
              
            
            ⁢
            
              Cost
              ⁡
              
                (
                
                  C
                  
                    R
                    i
                  
                
                )
              
            
          
          +
          
            
              ∑
              
                f
                ∈
                
                  Feedstocks
                  ⁡
                  
                    (
                    R
                    )
                  
                
              
            
            ⁢
            
              f
              cost
            
          
        
        )
      
      ⁢
      
        /
      
      ⁢
      
        R
        yield
      
    
  

where
CR is a compound C produced by reaction R
ICost(R) is a fixed cost to implement reaction R
CRi is a reactant of R produced by some reaction Ri 
fcost is a fixed cost for feedstock f
Ryield is the yield of reaction R, 0<Ryield≤1.