System for performance-based design space composition in engineering systems includes design configuration module, explainable recommendation module and user interface module. A list of one or more system configurations is generated, each system configuration having a unique set of components that satisfy system goals and system requirements. For each system configuration, system performance values are determined based on performance enabled by each system component. A design dashboard presents the system configurations in rank order and the system performance value for each of the system configuration components.

A Multi-Purpose Dynamic Simulation and run-time Control platform includes a virtual process environment coupled to a physical process environment, where components/nodes of the virtual and physical process environments cooperate to dynamically perform run-time process control of an industrial process plant and/or simulations thereof. Virtual components may include virtual run-time nodes and/or simulated nodes. The MPDSC includes an I/O Switch which delivers I/O data between virtual and/or physical nodes, e.g., by using publish/subscribe mechanisms, thereby virtualizing physical I/O process data delivery. Nodes serviced by the I/O Switch may include respective component behavior modules that are unaware as to whether or not they are being utilized on a virtual or physical node. Simulations may be performed in real-time and even in conjunction with run-time operations of the plant, and/or simulations may be manipulated as desired (speed, values, administration, etc.). The platform simultaneously supports simulation and run-time operations and interactions/intersections therebetween.

A wireless remote control panel for a signal generator is provided. The control panel comprises: a touch screen configured to display frames and accept programming values input from a user. The data fields comprise: an identification of a shape to be inserted into a sequence of wave shapes; a width of the shape; a period comprising the shape; a number of repetitions of the period; and a reference to a next frame. The control panel further comprises: a processor configured to convert the programming values into programming signals; and an output port configured to wirelessly transfer the programming signals to a function generator configured to generate a user-readable representation of the sequence of wave shapes.

A system for controlling an etch process includes an etching tool, a metrology tool, and a controller. The etching tool is controllable via a set of control parameters and may execute a plurality of etch recipes containing values of the set of control parameters. The controller may direct the etching tool to execute a plurality of etch recipes on a plurality of metrology targets; direct the metrology tool to generate metrology data indicative of two or more etch characteristics on the plurality of metrology targets; determine one or more relationships between the two or more etch characteristics and the set of control parameters based on the metrology data; and generate, based on the one or more relationships, a particular etch recipe to constrain one of the two or more etch characteristics and maintain the remainder of the two or more etch characteristics within defined bounds.

An information processing apparatus includes a first emulator that estimates a behavior of a device for driving a first control target that moves on a first target trajectory and a second emulator that estimates a behavior of a device for driving a second control target that moves on a second target trajectory. A visualization module generates drawing data for visualizing and drawing movement of the first control target and movement of the second control target in a three-dimensional virtual space by using a first command value and a second command value. The first and second emulators calculate the first command value and the second command value that control first and second driving devices in each control cycle according to a calculation command respectively. The calculation command instructs to calculate the command value for setting a movement amount in each control cycle variable.

One embodiment includes a method for simulating an operational effect of one or more changes in a CIP process. The method includes providing a graphical user interface configured to receive inputs from a user, receiving at least one proposed adjustment to one CIP phase of the CIP process, and generating a simulated CIP process based on a first set of CIP data and the at least one proposed adjustment to generate simulated CIP data based on the simulated CIP process. The simulated CIP data is displayed on the display. The simulated CIP data includes at least one of the amount or the total cost of each consumable used to generate the simulated CIP data. A total cost of the simulated CIP process is calculated, where the total cost of the simulated CIP process incorporates the proposed adjustment.

A Multi-Purpose Dynamic Simulation and run-time Control platform includes a virtual process environment coupled to a physical process environment, where components/nodes of the virtual and physical process environments cooperate to dynamically perform run-time process control of an industrial process plant and/or simulations thereof. Virtual components may include virtual run-time nodes and/or simulated nodes. The MPDSC includes an I/O Switch which delivers I/O data between virtual and/or physical nodes, e.g., by using publish/subscribe mechanisms, thereby virtualizing physical I/O process data delivery. Nodes serviced by the I/O Switch may include respective component behavior modules that are unaware as to whether or not they are being utilized on a virtual or physical node. Simulations may be performed in real-time and even in conjunction with run-time operations of the plant, and/or simulations may be manipulated as desired (speed, values, administration, etc.). The platform simultaneously supports simulation and run-time operations and interactions/intersections therebetween.

A Multi-Purpose Dynamic Simulation and run-time Control platform includes a virtual process environment coupled to a physical process environment, where components/nodes of the virtual and physical process environments cooperate to dynamically perform run-time process control of an industrial process plant and/or simulations thereof. Virtual components may include virtual run-time nodes and/or simulated nodes. The MPDSC includes an I/O Switch which delivers I/O data between virtual and/or physical nodes, e.g., by using publish/subscribe mechanisms, thereby virtualizing physical I/O process data delivery. Nodes serviced by the I/O Switch may include respective component behavior modules that are unaware as to whether or not they are being utilized on a virtual or physical node. Simulations may be performed in real-time and even in conjunction with run-time operations of the plant, and/or simulations may be manipulated as desired (speed, values, administration, etc.). The platform simultaneously supports simulation and run-time operations and interactions/intersections therebetween.

A decision support tool to assist decision-making in the operation of a facility. The decision support tool allows a user to perform operational programming of the facility so that the analysis of specific operational events is flexible and on-demand. This is achieved by allowing the user to set scope and timeframe of the analysis according to business needs. As a result, the organization can make better-informed judgments whether to add operational activities and how to adjust the ones already formulated in the program. The decision support tool can also allow for the application of strategies to communicate intent behind the programming instructions and to improve the quality of business decisions.

Accurate estimation of a behavior of a target and presentation of a control program of the target are performed. An information processing apparatus includes: a storage configured to store control programs of a plurality of targets, which include a plurality of commands used to control a behavior of a corresponding target of the targets; a display controller configured to control a display; an execution unit configured to execute an emulator program configured to estimate a behavior of each of the targets, which includes the plurality of commands included in the control program of each of the targets; and a drawing data generation unit configured to generate drawing data for drawing the behaviors of the targets estimated through execution of the emulator program of the targets in a three-dimensional virtual space, wherein the display controller controls the display so that display of a plurality of commands of at least one of the control programs of the plurality of targets and drawing representing the behaviors of the targets according to the drawing data are performed on the same screen.