Elizabeth A Bradley
Nursing at Colorado St, Boulder, CO
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Colorado 91595
Issued Date
Oct 1, 1989
Renew Date
Sep 30, 1991
Expiration Date
Sep 30, 1991
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Registered Nurse
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1400 Colorado St #3, Boulder, CO 89005
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Nonlinear Adaptive Control Of Resource-Distribution Dynamics
US Patent:
2006001, Jan 19, 2006
Filed:
Jun 16, 2005
Appl. No.:
11/155535
Inventors:
James Garnett - Longmont CO, US
Elizabeth Bradley - Boulder CO, US
Elizabeth Bradley - Boulder CO, US
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Colorado - Boulder CO
International Classification:
G01R 31/08
US Classification:
370229000
Abstract:
Nonlinear adaptive resource management systems and methods are provided. According to one embodiment, a controller identifies and prevents resource starvation in resource-limited systems. To function correctly, system processes require resources that can be exhausted when under high load conditions. If the load conditions continue a complete system failure may occur. Controllers functioning in accordance with embodiments of the present invention avoid these failures by distribution shaping that completely avoids undesirable states. According to one embodiment, a Markov Birth/Death Chain model of the resource usage is built based on the structure of the system, with the number of states determined by the amount of resources, and the transition probabilities by the instantaneous rates of observed consumption and release. A control stage is used to guide a controller that denies some resource requests in real systems in a principled manner, thereby reducing the demand rate and the resulting distribution of resource states.