Information technology system for the definition, optimization and control of processes
US6778863B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 8, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B17/02
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to a computer application in the field of control, monitoring, modification and/or optimization of processes which comprise real process sequences of discrete events, so-called “discrete event dynamic systems”, which cannot usually be described by systems of (differential) equations. Such processes occur for example in technical developments as well as in other business activities in the industrial or tertiary sector. Such a real process is reflected in a process model which is connected to the real process via at least one interface. If the interface(s) is/are bi-directional, real process data can be transmitted into the model directly, i.e. without data conversion, and thus the real process can be monitored; in the model, simulations can be carried out with changed process data; and finally if the result of the simulation is successful, process modifications can be transferred directly to the real process.
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