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The current state of control loop performance monitoring – A survey of application in industry by Bauer, Margret, Horch, Alexander, Xie, Lei, Jelali, Mohieddine, Thornhill, Nina

“…Control loop performance monitoring (CPM) in industrial production processes is an established area of research for which many methods to detect malfunctioning…”
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Economic assessment of advanced process control – A survey and framework by Bauer, Margret, Craig, Ian K.

“…A key objective of industrial advanced process control (APC) projects is to stabilize the process operation. In order to justify the cost associated with the…”
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Finding the Direction of Disturbance Propagation in a Chemical Process Using Transfer Entropy by Bauer, M., Cox, J.W., Caveness, M.H., Downs, J.J., Thornhill, N.F.

“…In continuous chemical processes, variations of process variables usually travel along propagation paths in the direction of the control path and process flow…”
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Differential Associations Between Partner Violence and Physical Health Symptoms Among Caucasian and African American Help-Seeking Women by Iverson, Katherine M., Bauer, Margaret R., Shipherd, Jillian C., Pineles, Suzanne L., Harrington, Ellen F., Resick, Patricia A.

“…The relationship between partner violence and physical health symptoms is well-established. Although some researchers have theorized that the physical health…”
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A Systematic Workflow for Oscillation Diagnosis Using Transfer Entropy by Lindner, Brian, Auret, Lidia, Bauer, Margret

“…Causality analysis techniques, such as transfer entropy, have been proven to be useful tools for oscillation diagnosis in a variety of industrial processing…”
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A practical method for identifying the propagation path of plant-wide disturbances by Bauer, Margret, Thornhill, Nina F.

“…Disturbances in a continuous process often travel along the product stream and affect the performance of the process. To isolate the root cause and find the…”
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Comparative analysis of Granger causality and transfer entropy to present a decision flow for the application of oscillation diagnosis by Lindner, Brian, Auret, Lidia, Bauer, Margret, Groenewald, J.W.D.

“…•The causality analysis performance of transfer entropy and Granger causality is compared on simulation and industrial case studies.•Performance comparison…”
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Improving Root Cause Analysis by Detecting and Removing Transient Changes in Oscillatory Time Series with Application to a 1,3-Butadiene Process by Zhou, Baifan, Chioua, Moncef, Bauer, Margret, Schlake, Jan Christoph, Thornhill, Nina F

“…Oscillations occurring in industrial process plants often reflect the presence of severe disturbances affecting process operations. Accurate detection and…”
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Industry engagement with control research: Perspective and messages by Samad, Tariq, Bauer, Margret, Bortoff, Scott, Di Cairano, Stefano, Fagiano, Lorenzo, Odgaard, Peter Fogh, Rhinehart, R. Russell, Sánchez-Peña, Ricardo, Serbezov, Atanas, Ankersen, Finn, Goupil, Philippe, Grosman, Benyamin, Heertjes, Marcel, Mareels, Iven, Sosseh, Raye

“…Despite the enormous benefit that has accrued to society from control technology and the continued vitality of control science as a research field, there is…”
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Cause-and-effect analysis in chemical processes utilizing XML, plant connectivity and quantitative process history by Thambirajah, Jegatheeswaran, Benabbas, Lamia, Bauer, Margret, Thornhill, Nina F.

“…Disturbances that spread plant-wide in a chemical process pose challenges to maintenance staff. Connections within the plant and the presence of multiple…”
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Sensor validation and reconstruction: Experiences with commercial technology by S. Brooks, Kevin, Bauer, Margret

“…Detecting the failure of a sensor in industrial processes is important to avoid the use of incorrect measurements. When a sensor fails the missing measurement…”
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Industrial PID Control Loop Data Repository and Comparison of Fault Detection Methods by Bauer, Margret, Auret, Lidia, Bacci di Capaci, Riccardo, Horch, Alexander, Thornhill, Nina F

“…This paper presents the control loop data of industrial controllers that are recently made available online. All data are verified and some of it has been…”
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Changes to the automation architecture: Impact of technology on control systems algorithms by Bauer, Margret, Schlake, Jan C.

“…Since the introduction of distributed control systems in the 1970s the layout of the automation architecture has remained largely unchanged. There now is a…”
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Plant-wide root cause identification using plant key performance indicators (KPIs) with application to a paper machine by Chioua, Moncef, Bauer, Margret, Chen, Su-Liang, Schlake, Jan C., Sand, Guido, Schmidt, Werner, Thornhill, Nina F.

“…Previously, plant-wide disturbance analysis has looked into the propagation of faults through an industrial production process by investigating process…”
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A Profit Index for Assessing the Benefits of Process Control by Bauer, Margret, Craig, Ian K, Tolsma, Elsa, de Beer, Hannes

“…In industrial processes, the potential benefit that arises from improved control is assessed before the installation of a new control strategy. Estimating the…”
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Optimal Energy Management and Production Scheduling by Harjunkoski, Iiro, Bauer, Margret, Kymäläinen, Toni

“…In this paper, we discuss strategies to simultaneously plan production and optimize the energy usage, aiming at a truly optimal production strategy comprising…”
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Nearest Neighbors Methods for Root Cause Analysis of Plantwide Disturbances by Bauer, Margret, Cox, John W, Caveness, Michelle H, Downs, James J, Thornhill, Nina F

“…In continuous chemical processes, disturbances travel along propagation paths in the direction of the control path or process flow. This article applies a…”
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A residential rainwater harvesting system as a control engineering challenge problem by Auret, Lidia, Bauer, Margret

“…The operation of a rainwater harvesting is described for the purpose of a control engineering challenge for student training and competitions. The core of the…”
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Multivariate economic performance assessment of an MPC controlled electric arc furnace by Wei, Donghui, Craig, Ian K., Bauer, Margret

“…Economic performance is very important to advanced process control projects investigating whether the investment of control technology is worthwhile. In this…”
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Data-driven methods for process analysis by Bauer, Margret

“…The thesis is concerned with the development of data-driven methods for fault diagnosis of plant-wide disturbances. Industrial plants producing large…”
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