A real-time expert system for industrial environments

Describes the product features and applications of a real-time expert system called COGSYS. COGSYS was developed through a collaborative project involving 35 major European companies. The project began life in 1987 following on from the successful completion of an earlier real-time expert system project called RESCU (Real-time Expert System Club of Users), which was a similar collaborative project funded under the Government´s Alvey initiative. The COGSYS project lasted three years and culminated with demonstrations at two test-sites, British Gas in Solihull and CMB Technology in Wantage. The British Gas application involved a decision support system for a gas production plant and the CMB application provides decision support quality control on a laminated plastic bottle making process. COGSYS is now being marketed by a company of the same name, set up by British Gas, Salford University Business Enterprises and SD-Scicon