A method for visualizing a rule of an industrial process includes providing a topology model of the industrial process, wherein the industrial process comprises at least one sensor and at least one actuator; attributing the topology model with a rule comprising a triple < cause, traversal, effect >, wherein the cause comprises a range of values from the at least one sensor, the effect comprises an action performed by the at least one actuator, and the traversal comprises a relation between the cause and the effect; marking the cause, the traversal and/or the effect; and visualizing the elements of the rule in the topology model.

An apparatus for controlling synthesis of a material in particular a polymer is proposed, the apparatus comprising at least: an obtaining unit configured to receive a digital representa-tion of a candidate material, a model unit configured to provide a data driven model trained based on digital representations of previously presented materials and at least two of their respective characteristic properties, a pareto unit configured to provide a provisional pareto front associated with the at least two characteristic material properties for the subset of materials, a property determination unit configured to determine the at least two character-istic material properties of the candidate material based on the data driven model and the digital representation, a validation unit configured to compare the determined at least two characteristic material properties with the provisional pareto front, a providing unit config-ured to, based on the Ccomparison providing a control file, suitable for controlling the syn-thesis of the candidate material.