Paper Info
Title
Function Blocks For Decentralised Analysis Of Product Flow Paths
Abstract
We present an approach for modelling, computing and using information about product flow paths in processing plants. We first present a formalisation of our model of product flow, which is plant-oriented and only considers the possible spatial displacement of the material. The concept of product flow paths, which represents an important aspect of the semantics of a process, is derived from this model. We then present a method for the analysis of product flow paths in a plant which is based on classical search theory, is inspired on algorithms from routing in computer networks and from compilers, and is implemented in a fully decentralised manner by means of function block diagrams. With this, a simple, flexible and robust technique for yielding up-to-date information about product flow paths is achieved, which may be used by applications to provide additional functionalities.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1109/ETFA.2008.4638537
2008 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND FACTORY AUTOMATION, PROCEEDINGS
Keywords
Field
DocType
valves,computer network,automation,finite element methods,algorithm design and analysis,computer networks,computational modeling,compilers,materials,function block diagram,search theory
Algorithm design,Computer science,Flow (psychology),Search theory,Finite element method,Compiler,Theoretical computer science,Automation,Control engineering,Block diagram,Semantics,Distributed computing
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1946-0740
1
1.04
References 
Authors
1
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gustavo Quiros132.86
Martin Mertens282.63
Ulrich Epple37120.89