Capturing Connectivity and Causality from Process Knowledge

Process knowledge is the most reliable resource for qualitative modeling of complex industrial processes, which is typically expressed in natural language and stored in human brains. We thus need to capture useful connectivity and causality from such resources and convert the information into computer accessible formats. From first-principle structural models, causality can be captured and expressed as structural equations. From unstructured process knowledge and dynamic and algebraic equations, graphical models, in particular signed directed graphs and variants, can be obtained. Graphic models are widely used due to their computer tractability and human readability. Rule-based models are another alternative, which is used in expert systems. When the process information is accessible in web language, connectivity can be retrieved by query.

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