Rule-based engineering using declarative graph database queries

Author

Gruner, Sten ; Weber, Piotr ; Epple, Ulrich

Author_Institution

Dept. of Process Control Eng., RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

27-30 July 2014

Firstpage

274

Lastpage

279

Abstract

Automation of tedious engineering tasks allows for more efficient plant commissioning and reconfiguration. Usage of knowledge-based systems is one possibility to solve this challenge. We present a rule-based system that is based on declarative graph database queries which have the advantage of being comprehensible by both computer scientists and engineering domain experts. The applicability of the system is verified in two engineering use-cases: the creation of function blocks for basic control and flow path monitoring. Promising results from the first use-case reveal further application fields of the system.

Keywords

control engineering computing; formal verification; graph theory; knowledge based systems; process control; production engineering computing; query processing; basic control function blocks; declarative graph database queries; engineering tasks; engineering use-cases; flow path monitoring; knowledge-based systems; plant commissioning; plant reconfiguration; rule-based engineering; rule-based system; system verification; Automation; Ciphers; Databases; Engines; Monitoring; Runtime environment; XML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Informatics (INDIN), 2014 12th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Porto Alegre

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INDIN.2014.6945520

Filename

6945520