Patent ID: 8489247

Claim:
A method of controlling at least one wind turbine, comprising: predicting at least one future state related to the at least one wind turbine; evaluating a fitness of solutions associated with a plurality of individuals of a population for a current operating environment of the at least one wind turbine, each individual comprising a dominant genotype and a recessive genotype, wherein each genotype represents a solution of the solutions associated with the plurality of individuals for controlling at least one wind turbine, wherein a fitness function is applied to the dominant genotype of each individual, wherein the fitness function is based on the at least one future state; storing previously encountered genotypes in the recessive genotypes of the individuals; and selecting a solution of the solutions associated with the plurality of individuals for controlling the at least one wind turbine based on the evaluating of the fitness solutions, wherein predicting the at least one future state comprises: collecting data related to operation of the at least one wind turbine; embedding the data in a reconstructed phase space to provide embedded data; and predicting the at least one future state based on a rate of separation of trajectories of the embedded data within the reconstructed phase space.