Patent ID: 7853434
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G05B,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a technical installation comprising a plurality of components, comprising: placing one or more of the components into operation to perform a function relating to operation of the installation or taking said one or more of the components out of operation; when a first of the components is placed into operation or taken out of operation, initiating an evaluation of other multiple components other than said one or more of the components with assignment of a numerical value to each; totaling the numerical values assigned to each of the multiple components other than said one or more of the components; using the totaled numerical values for each of the multiple components other than said one or more of the components to determine those of the multiple components other than said one or more of the components which will next be placed into operation or taken out of operation; assigning at least one of the multiple components other than said one or more of the components at least one initialization value and adding the initialization value to the totaled numerical values of the at least one of the multiple components other than said one or more of the components; and placing one of the multiple components other than said one or more of the components into operation to perform a function relating to operation of the installation or one of the multiple components other than said one or more of the components out of operation based on summation of numerical values.