OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMING OF A FACILITY

摘要

A decision support tool to assist decision-making in the operation of a facility. The decision support tool allows a user to perform operational programming of the facility so that the analysis of specific operational events is flexible and “on-demand.” This is achieved by allowing the user to set scope and timeframe of the analysis according to business needs. As a result, the organization can make better-informed judgments whether to add operational activities and how to adjust the ones already formulated in the program. The decision support tool can also allow for the application of strategies to communicate intent behind the programming instructions and to improve the quality of business decisions.

主权项

1. A method of programming and operating a facility, comprising:
(a) using a computer system that stores an operational programming application, wherein the operational programming application comprises an operational program for determining the operation of at least one facility; (b) acquiring data from operational events of the at least one facility and entering the data into the operational program, wherein feasibility of the operational program is maintained; (c) setting a scope of the data to be analyzed, wherein the scope of the analysis is defined based on at least one operational event of interest; (d) assembling the data within the scope of the analysis in a structured and automated manner; (e) processing the assembled data using at least one of a mathematical model defined from the assembled data and a strategy-based procedure and obtaining results for the defined scope of the analysis; (f) disassembling the obtained results in a structured and automated manner according to the obtained results; (g) adjusting the operational program by incorporating the obtained result into the program; and (h) programming and operating the at least one facility according to the adjusted operational program.