AN INSTRUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM USING PREDICTIVE MODELLING

Geoffrey Holmes, Dale Fletcher

2004

Abstract

We describe a system for providing early warning of possible error to an operator in control of an instrument providing results in batches from samples, for example, chemical elements found in soil or water samples. The system has the potential to be used with any form of instrument that provides multiple results for a given sample. The idea is to train models for each measurement, using historical data. The set of trained models are then capable of making predictions on new data based on the values of the other measurements. This approach has the potential to uncover previously unknown relationships between the measurements. An example application has been constructed that highlights the difference of the actual value for a measurement from its predicted value. The operator is provided with sliders to attenuate the sensitivity of the measurement perhaps based on its importance or its known sensitivity.

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Holmes G. and Fletcher D. (2004). AN INSTRUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM USING PREDICTIVE MODELLING . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO, ISBN 972-8865-12-0, pages 292-295. DOI: 10.5220/0001126602920295


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@conference{icinco04,
author={Geoffrey Holmes and Dale Fletcher},
title={AN INSTRUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM USING PREDICTIVE MODELLING},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,},
year={2004},
pages={292-295},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001126602920295},
isbn={972-8865-12-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,
TI - AN INSTRUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM USING PREDICTIVE MODELLING
SN - 972-8865-12-0
AU - Holmes G.
AU - Fletcher D.
PY - 2004
SP - 292
EP - 295
DO - 10.5220/0001126602920295