This case study provides a comprehensive look at Talecris 1 Biotherapeutics' approach to PAT and automation followed by examples of PAT deployed on a bioprocess. It introduces the concept of integrated and scalable automation, provides a comparison of automation concepts, and explains how the selected automation effectively supports initiatives like PAT. Figure 1. PAT model for the Talecris Cla...

In resource allocation problems for systems with moving planning horizons and significant uncertainty, typical of supervisory control environments, it is critical that some balance of human-automation collaboration be achieved. These systems typically require leveraging the computational power of automation, as well as the experience and judgment of human decision makers. Human-automation colla...

A survey of the history of how humans have interacted with automation is presented. Starting with the early introduction of automation into the Industrial Revolution to the modern applications that occur in unmanned air vehicle systems, many issues are brought to light. Levels of automation are quantified and a preliminary list delineating what tasks humans can perform better than machines is p...

Human decisions to rely on automation of a simulated flight task were monitored in the present study. Participants performed the Multi Attribute Task (MAT) battery previously developed by Comstock and Arneguard (1990). Twenty-eight participants were tested for 7 different reliability levels. Decision accuracy, false alarm rates, and reaction time to simulated automation failures were collected ...

Thirty-two undergraduate pilots from the University of Illinois School of Aviation performed simulated military reconnaissance missions with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Pilots were required to: a) navigate the UAV through a series of mission legs, b) search for possible targets of opportunity, and c) monitor system health. They performed the missions under three types of auditory auto-ale...

Distribution Substation Automation in Smart Grid Substation Automation (SA) can provide integral functions to the distribution grid automation. As more IED devices are installed to the distribution network, the need for IED management, control, and the corresponding advanced application operation is a growing imperative. Moreover, the Smart Grid applications, such as the Integrated Voltage and ...

ion which eliminates details that are of no importance when dealing with high level design or checking whether a design satis es a particular property Decomposition which consists of breaking the design at a given level of hierarchy into components that can be designed and veri ed almost independently Sangiovanni Vincentelli a o proposes in RSV a way of orthogonalizing an electronic design alon...

Introduction Over the past decade, the traditional corporate network has come under siege from a proliferation of viruses and malicious intruders. As a result, numerous network security technologies, methodologies, and policies have been developed to secure the business system. In comparison, process control systems, with their reliance on proprietary networks and hardware, have long been consi...

Safety is what drives our automation innovations. There is an inherent safety hazard associated with personnel handling pressurized lances during the cleaning process. Getting employees out of the line of fire, and on the other side of the safety barricade were the objectives behind the creation of automated tooling. With automation, we are able to reduce crew size, effectively eliminating expo...