Patent ID: 7991712
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: G06F,G06N

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a system having a population of designs, each design being adaptable for use in operating the system, the method comprising: in response to an input signal, for each design in the population, generating an associated result signal; wherein each design in the population is programmed in a programmable device; determining a consensus result as a function of at least two of the generated result signals; generating an output from the consensus result for operating the system; determining an associated fitness level of each design as a function of the associated result signal and the consensus result; evolving one or more new designs from at least one design in the population; evaluating each of the one or more new designs for consistency with the consensus result; selecting a final new design from the one or more new designs in response to the final new design being consistent with the consensus result; selecting for replacement at least one design as a function of the associated fitness level; and replacing the design selected for replacement with the new design.