Method and apparatus for monitoring the operation of an industrial process
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1. A method for monitoring the operation of an industrial process, the method comprising the steps of:
- collecting process status data relating to the process;
creating a document comprising a group of cause-effect relationships related to the industrial process, wherein data in the group of cause-effect relationships is subjected to preconditions based on the process status data, and wherein the process status data comprises a plurality of data, each of which contains a precondition for a particular data in the group of cause-effect relationships;
searching the group of cause-effect relationships in phases for outputs defined as true; and
producing a plain-language account of the process status on the basis of the outputs, where the plain-language account includes a statement of an effect along with a statement describing the cause of the effect.
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Abstract
The invention relates to method and equipment for monitoring the operation of an industrial process. The industrial process is used as a basis for compiling a document comprising a group of cause-effect relationships dependent on the industrial process. From the industrial process is collected status data of the process. A document server compares the process status data with the data provided by the group of cause-effect relationships and produces a plain-language account of the status of the industrial process.
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1. A method for monitoring the operation of an industrial process, the method comprising the steps of:
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collecting process status data relating to the process;
creating a document comprising a group of cause-effect relationships related to the industrial process, wherein data in the group of cause-effect relationships is subjected to preconditions based on the process status data, and wherein the process status data comprises a plurality of data, each of which contains a precondition for a particular data in the group of cause-effect relationships;
searching the group of cause-effect relationships in phases for outputs defined as true; and
producing a plain-language account of the process status on the basis of the outputs, where the plain-language account includes a statement of an effect along with a statement describing the cause of the effect. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An equipment for monitoring the operation of an industrial process comprising:
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means for collecting status data related to the industrial process;
storage unit for storing a group of cause-effect relationships data related to the industrial process, wherein data in the group of cause-effect relationships is subjected to preconditions based on the status data, and wherein the process status data comprises a plurality of data, each of which contains a precondition for a particular data in the group of cause-effect relationships; and
a document server for combining the process status data and the data in the group of cause-effect relationships, wherein said document server searches the group of cause-effect relationships in phases for outputs defined as true to produce a plain-language account of the process status, where the plain-language account includes a statement of an effect along with a statement describing the cause of the effect. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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