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7627461 Method for field scale production optimization by enhancing the allocation of well flow rates  
A method for enhancing the allocation of fluid flow rates among a plurality of well bores in fluid communication with at least one subterranean reservoir is disclosed. An objective function and...
7627392 Automated process control using parameters determined with approximation and fine diffraction models  
Provided is a method of controlling a fabrication cluster using a machine learning system, the machine learning system trained developed using an optical metrology model. A simulated approximation...
7623932 Rule set for root cause diagnostics  
A reduced rule set for identifying a root cause of an aberration in an industrial process is generated from a complete rule base. The rule base includes plurality of rules for the industrial...
7621806 Determining the position and angular orientation of food products  
A portioning system ( 10 ) includes a scanner ( 16 ) for scanning a passing poultry breast ( 14 ). A cutting device ( 18 ), a slicing device ( 20 ) and/or other equipment may be used to portion,...
7620613 Thermal management of data centers  
In a method for thermally managing a data center housing at least one electronic component, the heat generated by a heat generating device of the at least one electronic component is estimated. In...
7620460 Process control with unreliable communications  
Disclosed are methods and devices for controlling a process with a control signal. Iterations of a control routine are implemented to generate the control signal, and when an indication of a...
7617010 Detecting instabilities in time series forecasting  
A predictive model analysis system comprises a receiver component that receives predictive samples created by way of forward sampling. An analysis component analyzes a plurality of the received...
7610155 Methods for processing spectral data for enhanced embryo classification  
A method is disclosed for classifying plant embryos according to their quality using a logistic regression model. First, sets of image or spectral data are acquired from plant embryos of known...
7610152 Train navigator with integral constrained GPS solution and track database compensation  
The present invention provides a new set of algorithmic solutions to accommodate track inaccuracy information in track databases. Navigation and measurement aiding processes are defined by a...
7610108 Method and apparatus for attenuating error in dynamic and steady-state processes for prediction, control, and optimization  
A method for providing independent static and dynamic models in a prediction, control and optimization environment utilizes an independent static model ( 20 ) and an independent dynamic model ( 22...
7606636 Methods for managing flow control valves in process systems  
Methods for managing the operational condition of flow control valves in process systems. As a control valve experiences mechanical wear during operation, the physical changes to the valve can...
7606624 Self-commissioning electronic motor controller determination  
A control system for any type of electric motor that automatically learns the characteristics of the motor and computes a motor model for the motor. The control system uses the computed motor model...
7599750 Model based sequential optimization of a single or multiple power generating units  
A method and apparatus for optimizing the operation of a single or multiple power generating units using advanced optimization, modeling, and control techniques. In one embodiment, a plurality of...
7599749 Controlling a non-linear process with varying dynamics using non-linear model predictive control  
The present invention provides a method for controlling nonlinear control problems within particle accelerators. This method involves first utilizing software tools to identify variable inputs and...
7596431 Method for assessing electronic devices  
In a method for assessing a plurality of electronic devices, cooling efficiencies for the plurality of electronic devices are calculated, where the cooling efficiencies comprise measures of energy...
7593905 Method of combinatorial multimodal optimisation  
A method of combinatorial multimodal optimization uses a genetic algorithm to find simultaneous global optimal solutions to combinatorial problems. Each individual within the population is...
7593832 Energy efficient achievement of integrated circuit performance goals  
A system and method for meeting performance goals in an electronic system in an energy efficient manner. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise operating an electrical circuit at a...
7590495 Inverse method to calculate material properties using a non-resonant technique  
A method for calculating material properties of a material includes determining a dilatational wavespeed and a shear wave speed. The dilatational wavespeed is determined by conducting vertical...
7587253 Partial enumeration model predictive controller  
A partial enumeration model predictive controller and method of predictive control for a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) system, including providing a solution table with problem solutions...
7587252 Non-periodic control communications in wireless and other process control systems  
Disclosed is a controller having a processor and a control module adapted for periodic execution by the processor and configured to be responsive to a process variable to generate a control signal...
7584084 Method of manufacturing fluttering robot using a fluid-structure interactive numerical model for developing controls for wing driving apparatus  
A numerical model related to fluttering of an insect, when an equivalent model of actual structure of a wing of the insect is moved in the air in accordance with a model of fluttering motion of the...
7577550 System and method for detecting performance anomalies in a computing system  
A method comprises receiving, by learning logic, historical metrics of a computing system being monitored. The learning logic determines, from the received historical metrics, forms of...
7577504 Vehicle stability control system  
A vehicle stability control system includes a basic request driving force computing unit, a front and rear wheel load computing unit, a virtual turning radius estimating unit, a target value...
7577483 Automatic tuning method for multivariable model predictive controllers  
A fast and reliable technique for tuning multivariable model predictive controllers (MPCs) that accounts for performance and robustness is provided. Specifically, the technique automatically yields...
7574417 Self configuration of embedded historians  
Systems and methods that configure an embedded historian(s) to a predetermined setting and an automatic propagation thereof to other embedded historians and units on the factory floor. Embedded...
7552062 Method and system for clinical process analysis  
There is provided a process analysis method capable of clustering of executed processes and extraction of similar processes. A process analysis method of the present invention converts the...
7546190 Adaptive dead-zone compensation for steering systems  
A method for compensating a steering system exhibiting dead-zone characteristics estimates the dead-zone parameters of the steering system and establishes a dead-zone inverse function utilizing the...
7542880 Time weighted moving average filter  
A method for estimating a state associated with a process includes receiving a state observation associated with the process. The state observation has an associated process time. A weighting...
7541766 System and method for the intelligent use of software deadband control in a control system  
In accordance with one embodiment of the invention a control system for controlling performance of a device is provided. The control system includes a controller system and a deadband compensator...
7536364 Method and system for performing model-based multi-objective asset optimization and decision-making  
A method and system for performing model-based multi-objective asset optimization and decision-making is provided. The method includes building at least two predictive models for an asset. The...
7519444 Method and apparatus for scheduling work orders in a manufacturing process  
A computerized system is provided for scheduling a plurality of work orders in a manufacturing process. Each work order to be scheduled specifies a set of operations to be performed using a...
7519440 Output cam system and method  
A position of a motion control axis is monitored and an output device responsive to the position of the motion control axis is controlled. The controlling further includes latching an electronic...
7512451 System and method for interactive process management  
A system, method and computer program product are provided for supplying information relating to the hierarchical structure of a plurality of process models. A storage unit stores process controls...
7505879 Method for generating multivariate analysis model expression for processing apparatus, method for executing multivariate analysis of processing apparatus, control device of processing apparatus and control system for processing apparatus  
According to the present invention, multivariate analysis model expressions are generated for a plasma processing apparatus 100 A and a plasma processing apparatus 100 B by executing a...
7505821 Layout-oriented recording of automation information  
The invention relates to a system and a method for the graphical recording of system requirements and specifications in electronically readable form. Elements of a plant are graphically represented...
7496414 Dynamic controller utilizing a hybrid model  
A system and method for predicting operation of a plant or process receive an input value from the plant or process. An integrity of a non-linear model corresponding to a local input space of the...
7496413 Apparatus and method for coordinating controllers to control a paper machine or other machine  
A method includes receiving measurement data from at least one sensor at a first controller. The measurement data is associated with a process. The method also includes receiving a first output...
7489983 Control for an I.S. machine  
A control for a glass forming machine is disclosed which receives as an input the event angles used to control the machines operation. These event angles, which define the time in a cycle when each...
7489976 System and method for dynamically simulating process and value stream maps  
A computer readable medium comprising instructions which when executed by a computer system causes the computer to implement a method for dynamically improving a process flow is provided. For a...
7487191 Method and system for model-based replication of data  
Techniques for replicating data in a system having a data tier with a plurality of data sources and an application tier with a plurality of applications are provided. Such techniques can include...
7480615 Method of speech recognition using multimodal variational inference with switching state space models  
A method of efficiently setting posterior probability parameters for a switching state space model begins by defining a window containing at least two but fewer than all of the frames. A separate...
7477980 Process control system  
A process control system for controlling at least one process actuator includes a first process model for driving at least one process actuator in such a manner that at least one process desired...
7475581 Method of increasing the control precision of the path of a product in a levelling machine with interlocking rollers, and levelling installation used to implement same  
A method of increasing control precision of a path of a product in a leveling machine including: a fixed support cage; two leveling assemblies with parallel rollers, which are placed above and...
7463940 Multiple model development using subflowsheet functionality  
A system and method for modeling industrial processes is described. One embodiment includes collecting a plurality of flowsheets, which include corresponding groups of unit models and combining the...
7463937 Method and apparatus for improving the accuracy of linear program based models  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for evaluating the performance of a Linear Program model of an operation. The significant properties of the current invention include the use of a historical...
7460915 Methods and apparatus for process control using catalyst state estimation  
In a process control system, the hidden properties of a catalyst are estimated by including those properties in hidden states within a state space model and solving the state space model based on...
7457732 System and method for measuring quality of baseline modeling techniques  
System, method and computer product for baseline modeling a product or process. A service database contains process data. A preprocessor processes the data into a predetermined format. A baseline...
7457674 System, device, and methods for updating system-monitoring models  
A system for updating a plurality of monitoring models is provided. The system includes a model association module that, for each of a plurality of monitored systems determines, an association...
7454253 Fast performance prediction of multivariable model predictive controller for paper machine cross-directional processes  
A technique for fast performance prediction of multivariable model predictive controllers (MPC) for large-scale spatially-distributed dynamic systems is provided. When operating an MPC for a...
7452266 Determining the position and angular orientation of food products  
A portioning system ( 10 ) includes a scanner ( 16 ) for scanning a passing poultry breast ( 14 ). A cutting device ( 18 ), a slicing device ( 20 ) and/or other equipment may be used to portion,...