A plant optimizing control device in which a slight variation is caused in the input by applying a search signal to the input and the preset value of the input is adjusted on the basis of an optimizing signal so as to cause the operating point of the plant to give an optimum point by measuring the variation in the output corresponding to the variation in the input, the device comprising a first means for generating a periodical signal consisting of pseudo-random binary signals and serving as the...

An optimizing controller for a straight rod stock processing stirrup bender which provides a production method enabling a combination of bent rod stock profiles in multiple counts to be delivered from each individual infed straight rod stock bar, whereby bent rod stock piece output is optimized through such an output combination so as to most efficiently utilize the available stock from each such infed straight rod stock bar and thereby to consistently minimize the tail piece wastage consistent ...

A method for optimizing the uniformity of a pneumatic tire by selectively partially removing either or both edges of tire tread shoulder rubber. The amount of the tire tread rubber being removed and the specific edge at which the rubber is removed are determined based on the measured value of lateral force deviation and/or radial force variation of the tire.

Provides methods, apparatus and systems for an optimizing compiler which optimizes load instructions to read out data from a memory in an object program targeted for optimization. In an example embodiment, an optimizing compiler includes partial redundancy eliminating means for performing partial redundancy elimination on load instructions to read out variable data from the memory so that spilling does not take place when the variables are assigned to the registers; backward register detecting m...

The disclosure of this invention pertains to a system for optimizing fuel consumption in an aircraft having two engines, wherein a computer is programmed to increase the fuel flow to the engine which, consequent upon a fuel flow perturbation, shows itself to be responsible for the greater acceleration of the aircraft. Direction changes resulting from unequal fuel flows to the engines are compensated for by automatic rudder control, and speed changes resulting from the fuel flow changes are compe...

A digital electronic control system for optimizing the performance of an energy consuming system wherein a given parameter, such as the air supply in a furnace, the spark setting in an internal combustion engine, or the pitch of a propeller in an aircraft is perturbated and the resulting effect on the machine or system performance is computed for producing a control signal which is then used to adjust the setting in a way which improves the performance. The process continues until an incremental...

A method and compositions are provided to effect optimization of methods for determining concentrations of antibodies or antigens. Particles coated with an antigen or an antibody are suspended in an aqueous medium where pH and ionic strength are controlled so that the coulomb effect and the van der Waals forces on and exerted by the particles are balanced.

The invention discloses method for self-optiming, in real time, a machine relative to a specific performance characteristic in response to variations on a prescribed number m of variables. This method comprises selecting a statistical design; repeatedly and at n time instants adjusting conditions of the m variables and simultaneously recording the dependent values of the performance characteristic; analyzing the n sets of data to determine the functional relationship between the m variables and ...

A method for optimizing percussive drilling, especially rock drilling, in which method the operation of the drilling device is adjusted for a desired drilling result to be obtained. According to the invention, a stress wave created in a drill rod as a result of a stroke is measured and the drilling device is adjusted on the basis of the measured stress wave. The adjusting is carried out e.g. by means of the damping rate or the spectrum of the measured stress wave or the shape of the stress wave ...

The invention relates to method for self-optimizing, with closed-loop feed-back control but without human interaction, an object relative to a specific criterion or activity during the operation of said object and in response to variations on a prescribed number m of variables, comprising: planning without human control, guidance, supervision, and intervention a statistical design matrix for testing said m variables in n tests; according to the design matrix performing said n designed tests on s...