Patent ID: 7424465
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A method for designing experiments comprising the steps of: a) selecting at least a first experiment, previously performed, from an experimental space including a plurality of experiments using a data-driven optimizer; b) inputting to at least one meta layer module experimentally determined experiment result data of the first experiment generated in the experimental space, wherein the experimentally determined experiment result data of the first experiment comprises knowledge obtained while the experiment is performed; c) evaluating the experimentally determined experiment result data of the first experiment at the meta layer module, wherein the meta layer module generates evaluation data based on the evaluating of the experimentally determined experiment result data; and wherein the evaluation data includes rules generated by performing data analysis on the experimentally determined experiment result data; d) processing the experimentally determined experiment result data of the first experiment at the optimizer, wherein the processing at the optimizer is influenced by the evaluation data which comprises rules and wherein the optimizer generates experiment design data based on the processing of the experimentally determined experiment result data; and e) outputting an experiment design based on the experiment design data generated using the experimentally determined experiment result data from the first experiment.