Patent Document ID: 10036328
Application ID: 14780469
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for computer-assisted open-loop control, closed-loop control, or open-loop and closed-loop control of a technical system, wherein the open-loop control, the closed-loop control, or the open-loop and closed-loop control carries out, at respective times, actions comprising one or more action variables at the technical system as a function of one or more states of the technical system, comprising in each case one or more state variables, the method comprising: determining, by a predefined regulating method, at respective times, first actions that are to be carried out on the technical system as a function of at least the state of the technical system at the respective time; determining, by at least one exploration rule, one or more second actions to be carried out on the technical system as a function of at least the state of the technical system at the respective time, the at least one exploration rule configured to determine the one or more second actions to be carried out to explore states that have not been adopted by the technical system; predicting a set of resulting subsequent states of the technical system based on a simulation model of the technical system for each second action; checking, for each set of subsequent states, whether the respective set of subsequent states satisfies a predefined threshold value criterion that defines thresholds to be complied with for at least one portion of the state variables of the respective set of subsequent states; and supplying a second action to the predefined regulating method when one or more sets of subsequent states satisfy the threshold value criterion, wherein for the second action, the predicted set of subsequent states satisfying the threshold value criterion, wherein after supplying the second action, the predefined regulating method is configured to carry out the supplied second action instead of the first action, or to carry out the first action in combination with the second action, the technical system, wherein in an event of none of the sets of subsequent states satisfy the threshold value criterion, the predefined regulating method carries out the first action, one or more modified second actions are determined, or the predefined regulating method carries out the first action and one or more modified second actions are determined, wherein, for the one or more modified second actions, the method further comprises: predicting a set of resulting modified subsequent states of the technical system based on a simulation model of the technical system for each modified second action; checking, for each set of modified subsequent states, whether the respective set of modified subsequent states satisfies a predefined threshold value criterion that defines thresholds to be complied with for at least one portion of the state variables of the respective set of modified subsequent states; supplying a modified second action to the predefined regulating method when one or more sets of modified subsequent states satisfy the threshold value criterion, wherein for the modified second action, the predicted set of modified subsequent states satisfying the threshold value criterion, wherein after supplying the modified second action, the predefined regulating method carries out the supplied modified second action instead of the first action, or carries out the first action in combination with the modified second action, at the technical system.