Patent ID: 9043221
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a computer system comprising: obtaining, by the computer system, economic data relating to costs of a plurality of different initial agricultural cellulosic biomass materials; obtaining, by the computer system, economic data relating to prices that would be paid for a plurality of output products that are not found in, but that are derived from: the initial agricultural cellulosic biomass materials; performing calculations by the computer system based on the obtained economic data relating to costs and the obtained economic data relating to prices in order to determine an optimum amount, for maximum profit, of each of the plurality of output products that are not found in the initial biomass materials; and controlling, by the computer system, a plurality of biomass-conversion machinery processes that generate the plurality of output products from the initial biomass materials based on the calculations, wherein the plurality of biomass-conversion machinery processes include a control mechanism that controls a flow of materials through the plurality of biomass-conversion machinery processes.