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

Claim 17:
18. A system comprising:
at least one computing device comprising one or more processors; and
at least one memory coupled to at least one of the one or more processors, wherein the at least one memory comprises instructions that configure the at least one computing device to:
repeatedly select 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;
map the current causal model to a probability distribution over possible settings for at least one of the controllable elements; and
during the repeatedly selection:
monitor environment responses to the selected control settings;
determine, based on the environment responses, an indication that one or more properties of the environment have changed; and
in response, modify the current values of one or more of the internal parameters.