Patent ID: 6269274
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
For use in a digital process controller (DPC), a system for balancing a control algorithm processing load and distributing said load over a given time interval, comprising:a model for estimating an execution time of at least one control algorithm based on configuration data pertaining to said at least one control algorithm, said DPC capable of balancing and distributing said load based on said estimate; anda data entry process, associated with said model, that allows an empirically-determined execution time to be associated with said at least one control algorithm, said DPC capable of balancing and distributing said load based on said time in lieu of said estimate and balancing and distributing said load upon configuration of said at least one control algorithm, wherein a selected one of said estimate and said time is replicated in said model for each instance of said at least one control algorithm.