US 12,260,349 B2
Interactive guidance system for selecting thermodynamics methods in process simulations
Prasad Narasimhan, Cypress, TX (US); Seiya Hirohama, Yokohama (JP); and Norbert Jung, Wiesbaden (DE)
Assigned to Aveva Software, LLC, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Filed by AVEVA SOFTWARE, LLC, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/183,129.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/582,737, filed on Nov. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0138921 A1, May 9, 2019
Int. Cl. G06N 5/045 (2023.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06N 5/025 (2023.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)
CPC G06N 5/045 (2013.01) [G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06N 5/025 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process simulation tool for use in determining a thermodynamic method for a simulation of an industrial process, the tool comprising:
a processor;
a memory device coupled to the processor;
software instructions stored on the memory device, which when executed, cause the processor to:
generate an automated dialog on display of a user automated device to prompt a user for information about the industrial process in response to execution of a simulation model using the simulation tool;
receive responsive inputs from the user in response to the prompting, each of the responsive user inputs including at least a characteristic of the industrial process;
generate, in response to the responsive user inputs, further prompts to the user based on a decision tree within a set of rules stored in the memory of the simulation tool, the set of rules pertaining to the simulation model;
display decision points in the decision tree on the user device, the decision points being selectable for editing;
determine at least one thermodynamic method for the simulation model of the industrial process based on the responsive user inputs and any of the decision points in the decision tree, including any edited decision points.