Patent ID: 7769502

Claim:
A system for suggesting a course of action for a vehicle engaged in a situation, the system comprising: a portion configured to identify condition data that corresponds to conditions sensed from the situation, the condition data including at least an associated type of a target, a location of the target, a first vehicle parameter representing a first, substantially fixed, property of the vehicle, and a second vehicle parameter representing a second, adjustable, property of the vehicle; a portion configured to select an optimal value for a fitness parameter from a multi-dimensional model, in which a first dimension of the multi-dimensional model represents the target type, a second dimension of the multi-dimensional model represents the first vehicle parameter, and a third dimension of the multi-dimensional model represents the second vehicle parameter; and a behavioral logic portion configured to determine a suggested course of action for the vehicle based on the selected optimal value, the behavioral logic portion comprising a rule-based system for determining the suggested course of action from at least a portion of the condition data and the selected optimal value.