Generic online knowledge based system for process plants. II. Architecture and function

The knowledge base system (KBS) development effort described represents an attempt to expand the intelligence content of applications, i.e., expansion of the knowledge content of real-time online process applications, expression of knowledge in a generic way to maximize code reusability, structuring of KBS elements to facilitate application development. The results of the author´s effort to develop generic toolkits for use in construction of online process plant KBS applications show that the approach is viable. The apparent applicability of developed code to a broad range of applications illustrates that the generic representation of knowledge can yield huge dividends in terms of KBS code reusability