Abstract:
A method of controlling a production process including a process step for the morphological modification of a bio-material matrix comprises obtaining digital input data acquired during each of a plurality of production runs of the process, which input data includes information from radiation within a portion of the electromagnetic or acoustic spectrum having interacted with the matrix at one or more locations within the process together with a process control parameter and production event data for the associated production run; generating in a computer a prediction model from a multivariate analysis of the digital input data, which model links the information directly with one or more of process control parameters, production run events and process control settings; and applying in the computer the prediction model to interacted information obtained from a new production run to generate as an output one or more of a process control parameter a process control event and a predicted production run event for the new production run for use in controlling the production process.
Abstract:
A measurement system (2) for determining analyte information of a test sample comprises a reader (16) for reading into the measurement system (2) data held in an information unit of a portable holder (18) containing a reference material. A measurement instrument (10) is provided that operates according to a first measurement methodology to generate reference measurement data to be employed within the system (2) in determining analyte information of the reference material. The data processor (12) is configured to effect a comparison of so determined analyte information of the reference material with corresponding expected analyte information obtained from the data read into the measurement system (2) generated by a second, different measurement methodology and to generate a signal dependent on the comparison for subsequent use within the measurement system (2).
Abstract:
A method of controlling a production process including a process step for the morphological modification of a bio-material matrix comprises obtaining digital input data acquired during each of a plurality of production runs of the process, which input data includes information from radiation within a portion of the electromagnetic or acoustic spectrum having interacted with the matrix at one or more locations within the process together with a process control parameter and production event data for the associated production run; generating in a computer a prediction model from a multivariate analysis of the digital input data, which model links the information directly with one or more of process control parameters, production run events and process control settings; and applying in the computer the prediction model to interacted information obtained from a new production run to generate as an output one or more of a process control parameter a process control event and a predicted production run event for the new production run for use in controlling the production process.