Patent ID: 7565333

Claim:
A computer implemented method for a control system, comprising: obtaining data records associated with a plurality of input variables and one or more output parameters; pre-processing the obtained data records to, at least one of, remove identical data records, remove records that are outside a preliminary desired statistical distribution, and remove erroneous records; selecting a plurality of input parameters from the plurality of input variables as a subset of the input variables, a total number of the input parameters being less than a total number of the input variables; generating a computational model indicative of interrelationships between the plurality of input parameters and the one or more output parameters based on the data records; determining desired respective statistical distributions of the input parameters of the computational model corresponding to desired statistical distributions of the one or more output parameters; generating an optimized computational model based at least in part on the previously determined desired respective statistical distributions of the input parameters of the computational model corresponding to desired statistical distributions of the one or more output parameters; and using the generated optimized model's output parameters to control the operation of a machine.