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Dealing with uncertainty is one of the major topics of industrial process modelling. Indeed, it is not always possible to completely specify a given process. One alternative to cope with this problem is the introduction of qualitative representation to model the process. This paper presents a qualitative formalism, based on the process expert experience, for which a mathematical framework has been defined. It is shown that uncertainty is used at three different levels in the proposed approach of modelling. As illustration some simulation results from the manufacturing process of TV-tubes are given and then discussed.
This work has been partially supported by the ESPRIT-IPCES Project.
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Rakoto-Ravalontsalama, N., Missier, A., Kikkert, J.S. (1993). Qualitative operators and process engineer semantics of uncertainty. In: Bouchon-Meunier, B., Valverde, L., Yager, R.R. (eds) IPMU '92—Advanced Methods in Artificial Intelligence. IPMU 1992. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 682. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-56735-6_66
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