Patent Document ID: 20150370232
Application ID: 14746759
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining, by one or more computing systems of a collaborative distributed decision system, and for each of multiple decision modules that collectively describe a state of a physical system at a current time, a distinct model associated with the decision module that is represented by a distinct set of coupled differential equations, wherein the physical system has a plurality of inter-related elements and has one or more outputs whose values vary based at least in part on one or more manipulatable control elements of the plurality, and wherein each of the multiple decision modules' associated distinct model describes state information for the current time of at least of a portion of the physical system and reflects a solution for a specified goal of the decision module that is to be achieved during controlling of the physical system; generating, by the one or more computing systems, and for each of the multiple decision modules, a consensus shared model for the decision module for the current time by determining a Pareto equilibrium for the model associated with the decision module and for an intermediate shared model representing the models associated with some other of the multiple decision modules, wherein the consensus shared model for the decision module simultaneously provides solutions for the goals of the decision module and the some other decision modules such that the provided solutions have an associated error measurement within a defined threshold relative to a global optimal solution, and wherein the consensus shared model for the decision module has one or more associated control actions to perform in the physical system to manipulate the manipulatable control elements in a specified manner for the provided solutions; and providing information about the one or more associated control actions of one or more of the consensus shared models, to enable actions to be taken in the physical system to affect the outputs based on the one or more associated control actions of the one or more consensus shared models.