An apparatus is provided comprising a first acquisition unit for acquiring a data set including a plurality of types of measurement data indicating a state of an object, a supplying unit for supplying, in response to the data set being input, the data set acquired by the first acquisition unit to a model that outputs a state indication value indicating classification of a state of the object, a first identification unit for identifying, when one of the state indication value is output from the model in response to one of the data set being supplied, at least one type of measurement data, among the plurality of types of measurement data, having a larger influence on the one state indication value than a reference, based on the one data set, and a display control unit for displaying the one state indication value and the at least one type of measurement data.

Systems and methods for annotating exclusive-or nodes or the exclusive outgoing paths of a process model of a process are provided. A process model representing execution of a process is received. Exclusive-or blocks in the process model are identified. Attribute data relating to an exclusive outgoing path from an exclusive-or node in each of the identified exclusive-or blocks are identified. At least one of the exclusive-or node or the exclusive outgoing paths are annotated based on the attribute data. The annotated at least one of the exclusive-or node or the exclusive outgoing paths are output.

The present disclosure relates to a method for monitoring an automated plant including a plurality of field devices and a plurality of other plant components, wherein the field devices generate data and communicate with one another and with a superordinated unit via a communication network, comprising: continuously registering production data from the plant, wherein the production data represents quantities of produced products versus defined time intervals; calculating individual loading data for each plant component and field device, wherein the loading data represents a degree of loading for each plant component and field device per produced product; continuously summing the degree of loading for each plant component and field device based on the registered production data and based on the loading data; and creating a warning notification when the degree of loading of a field device or a plant component exceeds a threshold individually defined for each, respectively.

A system and method of configuring monitor blocks and effect blocks associated with a process control system for a process plant includes causing a display device to display a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface indicating a first monitor block, a second monitor block, and an effect block. The system and method further includes enabling a user to input configuration data via the input device, including: (i) configuring one of the outputs of the first monitor block to serve as one of the inputs of the second monitor block, (ii) configuring an additional one of the outputs of the first monitor block and one of the outputs of the second monitor block to serve as inputs to the effect block, and (iii) designating at least one of the plurality of cells of each of the first monitor block, the second monitor block, and the effect block as a trigger associated with the respective input/output pair for the respective cell and corresponding to a condition in the process plant.

A method for executing heterogeneous program units of a program, in particular for controlling an automated system, includes forming, using a central management unit, an execution unit including program sequences having a plurality of instances of the heterogeneous program units. The heterogeneous program units are chosen from a set of the heterogeneous program units which are registered on the central management unit. The method further includes executing the plurality of instances of the heterogeneous program units of the execution unit according to a configured sequence.

The present disclosure relates to testing structures and, more particularly, to a circuit and method for design of RF integrated circuits for process control monitoring. The circuit includes a radio frequency integrated circuit comprising a plurality of active NFET devices and passive devices arranged in a single topography; and a plurality of NFET switches which are configurable to diagnose physical failures of the plurality of active NFET devices and the passive devices by isolating selected ones of the plurality of active NFET devices and the passive devices into different built-in circuit topologies by selectively turning on and off the plurality of active NFET devices and the passive devices.

A system and method for managing function blocks within a process control system for a process plant includes accessing an initial cause and effect matrix (CEM) having a set of causes and a set of effects. The system and method may then define a set of related groups within the initial CEM including: (i) accessing a set of rules associated with the set of related groups, (ii) identifying a portion of the set of causes that are related to a portion of the set of effects according to the set of rules and based on at least a portion of the corresponding cause-effect pairs, and (iii) rearranging the portion of the set of causes and the portion of the set of effects such that the portion of the corresponding cause-effect pairs are rearranged.

A system and method for determining a configuration of a process control system for a process plant, the process control system implemented as a set of function blocks, includes, for each of the set of function blocks, determining a configuration of the function block based on: (i) a set of outputs of the function block, (ii) logic of the function block, and (iii) a set of inputs of the function block. The system and method further includes generating, based on the set of configurations of the set of function blocks, a test cause and effect matrix (CEM) having a set of test causes and a set of test effects. The system and method further includes accessing a requirement-defining CEM having a set of causes and a set of effects. The system and method may also include comparing the test CEM to the requirement-defining CEM to determine whether a set of discrepancies exists.

A system and method for defining a cause and effect matrix (CEM) within a process control system for a process plant, including accessing a cause and effect matrix (CEM) having a set of causes and a set of effects, wherein each of the set of causes represents a condition within the process plant and each of the set of effects represents an effect to be performed within the process plant. The system and method further includes, for each of the set of effects: (i) identifying a subset of the set of causes according to a corresponding set of the cause-effect pairs corresponding to the effect of the set of effects, (ii) defining the subset of the set of causes as a single-dimension matrix, and (iii) automatically calculating a numerical representation for the single-dimension matrix. The system and method further includes configuring a set of function blocks for the process control system according to the set of numerical representations.

The present disclosure relates to testing structures and, more particularly, to a circuit and method for design of RF integrated circuits for process control monitoring. The circuit includes a radio frequency integrated circuit comprising a plurality of active NFET devices and passive devices arranged in a single topography; and a plurality of NFET switches which are configurable to diagnose physical failures of the plurality of active NFET devices and the passive devices by isolating selected ones of the plurality of active NFET devices and the passive devices into different built-in circuit topologies by selectively turning on and off the plurality of active NFET devices and the passive devices.