CPC G05B 19/41885 (2013.01) [G05B 2219/35215 (2013.01); G05B 2219/35261 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for operating equipment, the method comprising:
obtaining modeling input describing a physical layout of equipment that operate to consume, produce, or store one or more resources;
determining one or more systems or groups of interconnected equipment based on the modeling input by determining one or more cycles formed by the interconnected equipment, a cycle comprising a path of directed connections between the equipment that forms a closed loop;
formulating an optimization problem using the systems or groups of interconnected equipment; and
operating the equipment according to the optimization problem.
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