A plant state displaying apparatus displaying information representing a state of a plant includes a generator that: acquires plant information from at least one of devices, apparatuses, and facilities installed in the plant; calculates a state value representing the state of the plant using the plant information; and generates a plant state diagram in which at least one of a color and a density of at least one of devices, apparatuses, and facilities from which the plant information is acquired is changed according to magnitude of the state value; and a display that displays the plant state diagram generated by the generator as the information representing the state of the plant.

A multi-channel control system includes a first primary control microprocessor and a second primary control microprocessor operable to control a device, and a first secondary control microprocessor and a second secondary control microprocessor operable to control the device. Each of the first and second primary control microprocessors and the first and second secondary control microprocessors are arranged as an independent control channel.

A method is provided for selecting a plurality of program functions for providing repeatedly implemented functions, e.g., in a vehicle, ship or in an aircraft. The method includes determining a first total performance value based on recorded first single performance values and recorded first dependencies, determining a first total performance value based on determined second single performance values and recorded second dependencies, determining a cluster performance from the first total performance value and from the second total performance value, and the cluster performance value or at least one value determined from the cluster performance value is used for selecting the program functions or of other program functions for providing the repeatedly implemented functions.

The present disclosure relates to a control system for selectively controlling a vehicle, ensuring high integrity of decisions taken by the control system when controlling the vehicle. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding computer implemented method and to a computer program product.