System and method for performing process visualization
A method for forecasting batch end conditions through their depiction as a multi-dimensional regions of uncertainty is disclosed. A visualization of the current condition of a continuous process and visualization of the simulated effect of user control moves are generated for a user. Volume visualization tools for viewing and querying intersecting solids in 3-dimensional space are utilized to perform the process visualization. Interactive tools for slicing multi-dimensional (>3) regions and drawing superimposed projections in 3-D space are provided. Additionally, graphical manipulation of the views of process conditions is accomplished by changing the hypothetical future values of contributing variables online in order to provide users the ability to simulate the effect of proposed control actions. The illustrative embodiment of the present invention may also be utilized in combination with a graphical programming environment supporting the execution and simulation of block diagrams and correspondingly generated process data. The scores representing the process condition may depend on estimated physical quantities as well as representations of process variability.
1. A computer-implemented method of visualizing a process condition, the method comprising:
collecting data from a process;
determining an indicator of the process condition based in part upon the collected data and predicted future data for the process;
generating a graphical representation in three or more dimensions of the indicator of the process condition and a control region; and
generating an interactive data panner for the indicator of the process condition, where the generating further includes:
projecting the indicator of the process condition onto three dimensions and interactively varying geometry of the projection.