• PI System as MES for BALCO

    Aluminium coil being central product of BALCO in terms of production and revenue, we wanted to improve quality and reduce customer complaints on deviating coil parameters. In absence of real-time data on coil parameters, there was little control over quality ...
    Year: 2018

    Case Study: Short Term Demand Forecasting Methodology for Power Decision Making Based on Markov Chain

    This investigation is focused on the prediction of the electrical demand in short term for the National Interconnected System of Ecuador. For this purpose, the proposed methodology trains a Gaussian Hidden Markov Model from historic data to determine the typical ...
    Year: 2018

    Data Science with R and the PI System

    R has everything Machine Learning has to offer these days. The PI System can do a lot analytics-wise, but sometimes you want state-of-the-art Machine Learning, or connect your PI System data to existing applications or code. In this presentation it ...
    Year: 2018

    BTT: Online Process Monitoring using Historical Process Data

    As part of ongoing efforts to reduce process variability in semi-automatic and manual reactors, a long term project was designed to move from the traditional process monitoring to a multivariate approach. As part of this, an intermediate solution was developed ...
    Year: 2018

    LiveCoding: Getting the Most Out of the New AFSearch

    This Live-Coding demonstration & presentation delves into the various search scenarios that empower the learner to fine-tune their searches for maximum benefit rather than settle for a one-size-fits-all solution.  We will dive into the mechanics of how paging is implemented.  ...
    Year: 2018