ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,025, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Synopsys Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Aggregating multiple component metrics into a single reward function" was invented by Amzie Allen Adams (Raleigh, N.C.) and Joseph Robb Walston (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for aggregating multiple component metrics into a single reward function output value (AOV) is disclosed. The method comprises determining at least one component metric value to be used to determine the AOV. In addition, the method comprises determining at least one component metric target value to strive to achieve. Furthermore, the method compri...