US5329612A
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Rule fitness determination, rule removal, and new rule generation
Assignee: Toyoda Koki KK
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Filing: 1992-03-27
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Granted: 1994-07-12
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Expires: 2012-03-27
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is a processing apparatus capable of optimizing its rule base comprising a plurality of rules having an antecedent and a consequent each. The antecedent contains input conditions of machining, and the consequent describes the result of machining. The antecedents are applied to input condition data. The consequents of the applied rules yield machining result data that are evaluated for rule fitness. When the rule base is updated, some rules are deleted and some preserved depending on their degrees of fitness. Between given two rules having the same consequent, any number of corresponding conditional elements in their antecedents are exchanged so as to generate new rules. The process is repeated until the rule base is optimized. With the antecedents of rules applied to input condition data and with the consequents of the applied rules yielding machining result data, those data may be modified according to modification request data. The consequents of rules are applied to the modified machining data, and the antecedents of these applied rules furnish corrective input condition data. This backward application of rules is an easy way to obtain corrective input condition data.
Inventors
- 👤 Yukinori Kakazu
- 👤 Masaaki Minagawa
- 👤 Kunihiko Unno
- 👤 Takao Yoneda
- 👤 Masashi Yamanaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 17:37
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05B; G05B13/00; G05B13/02; G05B13/0265; G05B13/028; G06; G06N; G06N5/00; G06N5/02; G06N5/022
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
A processing apparatus comprising: rule base storing means for storing a plurality of rules each made of an antecedent and a consequent, said antecedent describing a premise to be met, said consequent describing a conclusion in effect when a rule is met; fitness degree computing means for inputting evaluation values of a result obtained by applying said rules stored in said rule base storing means, and computing degrees of fitness of said rules in accordance with said evaluation values; selecting means for removing from said rule base storing means a rule having degree of fitness lower than a first predetermined value; and rule generating means for selecting any two rules in said rule base storing means, said two selected rules having degrees of fitness higher than a second predetermined value and having a same consequent, said rule generating means further generating at least one new rule by combining the antecedents of said two selected rules.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
155 words
A processing apparatus comprising: rule base storing means for storing a plurality of rules each made of an antecedent and a consequent, said antecedent describing a premise to be met, said consequent describing a conclusion in effect when a rule is met; fitness degree computing means for inputting evaluation values of a result obtained by applying said rules stored in said rule base storing means, and computing degrees of fitness of said rules in accordance with said evaluation values; selecting means for removing from said rule base storing means a rule having degree of fitness lower than a first predetermined value; and rule generating means for selecting any two rules in said rule base storing means, said two selected rules having degrees of fitness higher than a second predetermined value and having a same consequent, said rule generating means further generating at least one new rule by combining the antecedents of said two selected rules.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
A processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the antecedent of each of said rules is made of a plurality of condition elements, and said rule generating means exchanges any number of corresponding conditional elements between said two selected rules in order to generate two new rules.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
56 words
A processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising new rule generating means for selecting any one rule from said rules in said rule base storing means so as to change a value of any one of said conditional elements constituting said antecedent of said selected rule to any value, whereby a new rule is generated.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
55 words
A processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said antecedent and said consequent of each of said rules store in said rule base storing means are each composed of a string of graded values indicating values of conditional elements, each of names of said conditional elements being represented by a location thereof within said string.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
165 words
A method of optimizing a rule base of a processing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of: storing in the form of a rule base a plurality of rules each made of an antecedent and a consequent, said antecedent describing a premise to be met, said consequent describing a conclusion in effect when a rule is met; inputting evaluation values of a result obtained by applying said rules of said rule base in order to compute degrees of fitness of said rules in accordance with said evaluation values; removing from said rule base rules having degrees of fitness lower than a first predetermined value; and selecting any two rules in said rule base, said two rules having degrees of fitness higher than a second predetermined value and having a same consequent, said two rules further comprising antecedents each made of a plurality of conditional elements, wherein any number of corresponding conditional elements are exchanged between said two rules in order to generate two new rules.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
165 words
A method of optimizing a rule base of a processing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of: storing in the form of a rule base a plurality of rules each made of an antecedent and a consequent, said antecedent describing a premise to be met, said consequent describing a conclusion in effect when a rule is met; inputting evaluation values of a result obtained by applying said rules of said rule base in order to compute degrees of fitness of said rules in accordance with said evaluation values; removing from said rule base rules having degrees of fitness lower than a first predetermined value; and selecting any two rules in said rule base, said two rules having degrees of fitness higher than a second predetermined value and having a same consequent, said two rules further comprising antecedents each made of a plurality of conditional elements, wherein any number of corresponding conditional elements are exchanged between said two rules in order to generate two new rules.
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