System integration based on time-dependent periodic complexity
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorsNam P. Suh, Taesik Lee
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Abstract
A processing system having time-dependent combinatorial complexity is converted into a system having time-dependent periodic complexity. Consequently, system reliability is increased and system design is generally simplified
Claims11
A method of managing a processing system having a plurality of functional requirements, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining a time to completion for each of a plurality of processes in a current period;
- determining a wait time for each of the plurality of processes in the current period;
- determining a system period in response to the plurality of times to completion and the plurality of wait times;
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- initializing the plurality of functional requirements based on the system period.
A system for processing items according to a plurality of processing tasks, each of the processing tasks having a processing station, the system comprising:
- a monitor module in communication with the processing stations, the monitor module determining a completion time for each of the plurality of processing tasks in a current processing period;
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- a processor in communication with the monitor module, the processor determining a plurality of wait times for each of the plurality of processing tasks in response to the completion times, the processor determining a system period in response to the plurality of wait times and the plurality of completion times, the wait times governing movement of items among the processing tasks.
A data structure stored in a memory, the data structure comprising a plurality of data elements, each of the data elements indicating the state of a functional requirement of a periodic multiple processing task system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.