Process for systems analysis
First Claim
1. A process for analyzing a state of a system to advise a user of the system on said state, the process comprising:
- .using a set of gauges, each gauge relating to a piece of information on said state of the system and being associated with at least one gauge function, each gauge function relating to a measurement to be performed on the system to have said piece of information;
using a first data file for designating said gauge functions;
making from said first data file a second data file controllable by the user to contain the designation of the gauge functions to be applied to the system;
analyzing said second data file and applying said gauge functions to the system for performing said measurements of system to have corresponding values dependent on said state of the system;
defining recommendations for use of the system in accordance with conditions on said values;
analyzing said values with respect to said conditions to have those of said recommendations which are appropriate to said values; and
displaying said appropriate recommendations for the system on a screen or storing them in a file.
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Abstract
A process for systems analysis of a database non-agreement system using a set of gauges. Measurement of the state of a system. A gauge function, a threshold value and a recommendation are associated with at least one part of the gauges. Each gauge function returns a value which characterizes the state of the system analyzed and a recommendation based on the logical relationship between the value returned and the threshold value is emitted for the user of the system. The gauges for the analysis of a system are grouped into investigations. The process can be adapted to the analysis of any system by editing an ASCII data file which contains the list of gauges, of the designations of the associated functions, and of the associated thresholds and the associated recommendations. A graphic interface makes it possible to select the investigations to be applied to the system.
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32 Claims
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1. A process for analyzing a state of a system to advise a user of the system on said state, the process comprising:
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using a set of gauges, each gauge relating to a piece of information on said state of the system and being associated with at least one gauge function, each gauge function relating to a measurement to be performed on the system to have said piece of information; using a first data file for designating said gauge functions; making from said first data file a second data file controllable by the user to contain the designation of the gauge functions to be applied to the system; analyzing said second data file and applying said gauge functions to the system for performing said measurements of system to have corresponding values dependent on said state of the system; defining recommendations for use of the system in accordance with conditions on said values; analyzing said values with respect to said conditions to have those of said recommendations which are appropriate to said values; and displaying said appropriate recommendations for the system on a screen or storing them in a file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A software tool for analyzing a state of a system to advise a user of the system on said state, the tool using a set of gauges for analyzing the system, each gauge relating to a piece of information on said state of the system and being associated with at least one gauge function, each gauge function relating to a measurement to be performed on the system to have said piece of information, the tool also using recommendations for use of the system in accordance with conditions on values corresponding to said measurements and the tool comprising:
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a first data file for designating said gauge functions; means for making from said first data file a second data file controllable by the user to contain the designation of the gauge functions to be applied to the system; means for analyzing said second data file; means for applying said gauge functions to the system for performing said measurements of the system to have said values which are dependent on said state of the system; means for analyzing said values with respect to said conditions and to have those of said recommendations which are appropriate to said values; and means for displaying said appropriate recommendations for the system on a screen or storing them in a file. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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