ROBERT J THOMPSON
Vehicle Board in Pittsburgh, PA

5402526, Mar 28, 1995

Jan 5, 1993

8/000873

Douglas A. Bauman - Apollo PA
Simon Lowenfeld - Export PA
Brian A. Schultz - Pittsburgh PA
Robert W. Thompson - Pittsburgh PA
Hatsuhiko Naitoh - Kobe, JP

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha - Tokyo

G06F 1518

395 53

An artificial intelligence software shell for plant operation simulation includes a blackboard module including a database having objects representing plant elements and concepts. A rule-based knowledge source module and a case-based knowledge source module, in communication with the blackboard module, operate on specific predefined blackboard objects. An input data module, in communication with the blackboard module, enables a user to input data to the shell. A control module, in communication with the knowledge source modules and the input data module, receives all input data and controls operation of the knowledge source modules in accordance with a predetermined knowledge source interruptibility/priority scheme. The control module including an event detector module having a hash table defined by a chaining algorithm.

5402524, Mar 28, 1995

Dec 22, 1992

7/994664

Douglas A. Bauman - Apollo PA
Simon Lowenfeld - Export PA
Brian A. Schultz - Pittsburgh PA
Robert W. Thompson - Pittsburgh PA
Nobuyoshi Wada - Kamakura, JP

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha - Tokyo

G06F 1518

395 50

An artificial intelligence software shell for plant operation simulation includes a blackboard module including a database having objects representing plant elements and concepts. A rule-based knowledge source module and a case-based knowledge source module, in communication with the blackboard module, operate on specific predefined blackboard objects. The case-based knowledge source module includes cases having past data points on a time scale. Present data is compared with the past data in the cases both on a time scale and on a magnitude scale for determining levels of closeness in time and magnitude. An input data module, in communication with the blackboard module, enables a user to input data to the shell. A control module, in communication with the knowledge source modules and the input data module, receives all input data and controls operation of the knowledge source modules in accordance with a predetermined knowledge source priority scheme.

5412756, May 2, 1995

Dec 22, 1992

7/995209

Douglas A. Bauman - Apollo PA
Simon Lowenfeld - Export PA
Brian A. Schultz - Pittsburgh PA
Robert W. Thompson - Pittsburgh PA

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha - Tokyo

G06F 1518

395 50

An artificial intelligence software shell for plant operation simulation includes a blackboard module including a database having objects representing plant elements and concepts. A rule-based knowledge source module and a case-based knowledge source module, in communication with the blackboard module, operate on specific predefined blackboard objects. A user interface module, in communication with the blackboard module, enables a user to view blackboard status information. A control module, in communication with the blackboard module and the knowledge source modules, receives input data and controls operation of the knowledge source modules in accordance with a predetermined knowledge source priority scheme.

2013031, Nov 21, 2013

May 21, 2013

13/898843

Hunaid Nulwala - Pittsburgh PA, US
Robert Thompson - Pittsburgh PA, US
David Luebke - Bethel Park PA, US
Erik Albenze - Bethel Park PA, US

C07D 249/06, C07D 249/04, C07F 7/10

548110, 548255

A method of synthesizing an ionic liquid, includes reacting a 1,2,3-triazole including at least one of a 4-substituent or a 5-substituent with a hydroxide compound having the formula ROH in a dehydration reaction, wherein R is an ionic liquid cation. R is a five-membered heterocyclic cation, an aromatic cation, a sulfonium cation, an ammonium cation, or a phosphonium cation. In a number of embodiments, R is a pyridinium cation, a bipyridinium cation, an amino pyridinium cation, a pyridazinium cation, an ozaxolium cation, a pyrazolium cation, an imidazolium cation, a pyramidinium cation, a triazolium cation, a thiazolium cation, an acridinium cation, a quinolinium cation, an isoquinolinium cation, an orange-acridinium cation, a benzotriazolium cation, a methimzolium cation, a sulfonium cation, an ammonium cation, or a phosphonium cation.