With the continuous increase in complexity and expense of industrial systems, there is less
tolerance for performance degradation, productivity decrease, and safety hazards, which …

In this final part, we discuss fault diagnosis methods that are based on historic process
knowledge. We also compare and evaluate the various methodologies reviewed in this …

Fault diagnosis plays a vital role in ensuring safe and efficient operation of modern process
plants. Despite the encouraging progress in its research, developing a reliable and …

Real-time domains present a new and challenging environment for the application of
knowledge-based problem-solving techniques. However, a substantial amount of research …

A prototype expert system, called MODEX, for locating the cause (s) of a set of abnormalities
in a chemical process id described. We discuss a methodology that aids the developement …

An approach to chemical plant fault diagnosis is presented that utilizes patterns of violation
and satisfaction of the quantitative constraints governing the process. Process knowledge …

In recent years,“smart firefighting” becomes a popular research topic which aims at
improving the efficiency of fire protection and safety. However, in existing smart firefighting …

Systems that can be modeled as graphs, such that nodes represent the components and the
edges represent the fault propagation between the components, are considered. Some …

A method for online hazard aversion and fault diagnosis in chemical processes is
developed. The method uses a directed graph model of process operation and control. Fault …

A reference guide for professionals or text for graduate and postgraduate students, this
volume emphasizes practical designs and applications of distributed computer control …