Patent ID: 7783453

Claim:
A computer program product for rapidly determining one or more resultant values in relation to one or more performance characteristics, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions are executed by a computer processor and comprising: a first executable portion capable of, defining said one or more performance characteristics to include an initial load value (LV I ), at least one identified maximum performance constraint (MPC), an epsilon, a step size (SS), and a load factor (LF); initiating a first process for (i) firstly determining and storing: a first test value (TV I ), in a series of sequential test values in accordance with TV I =LV I ·SS, and an associated intermediate resultant value (RV I ), and (ii) calculating and storing one or more subsequent test values and their associated subsequent intermediate resultant values (RV N ), in accordance with TV N =TV N−1 ·LF, where TV N−1 is a prior sequential test value of a present test “N,” until one of an intermediate resultant value or a subsequent intermediate resultant value associated with its respective test value or subsequent test value, exceeds at least one of said identified MPC; and, initiating a second process for (i) secondly determining and storing: at least one binary test value (TV B ), in accordance with TV B =(TV N +TV N−1 )/2, and an associated intermediate binary resultant value (RV B ), (ii) comparing said binary resultant value with at least said identified MPC in accordance with one or more predetermined rules; and (iii) determining a resultant value in relation to a binary test value, an associated binary resultant value, said identified MPC and at least said one or more predetermined rules.