Reference model for production plants and related system and method
US8396695B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 2010 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/067
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods that include selecting a physical model and a procedural model associated with an industrial plant, projecting a cross-product of the physical model and the procedural model into a unit-operation association set using a projection matrix, the unit-operation association set associating units representing equipment in the industrial plant and operations representing processes performed in the industrial plant, and establishing internal and external adjacency sets within structures, the internal adjacency set identifying connections between inputs and outputs of individual units and operations, the external adjacency set identifying connections between outputs of some units and operation and inputs of other units and operations. These systems and methods may also include generating a hyperstructure representing the industrial plant using the association and adjacency sets.
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