Computer-implemented method to control technical equipment that performs a production batch-run of a production process, wherein the technical equipment provides data in the form of time-series from a set of data sources (120-v), wherein the data sources (120-v) are related to the technical equipment, the method comprising: accessing a reference time-series ( ∗ R ∗, ∗ R ∗, ∗ R ∗) with data from a previously performed batch-run of the production process, wherein the reference time-series ( ∗ R ∗, ∗ R ∗, ∗ R ∗) is related to a parameter (660-1, 660-2) for the technical equipment; while the technical equipment performs the production batch-run: receiving a production time-series ( ∗ P ∗) with data, identifying a sub-series ( ∗ R ∗ A, ∗ R ∗ A) of the reference time-series ( ∗ R ∗, ∗ R ∗, ∗ R ∗), comparing the received time-series ( ∗ P ∗) and the sub-series ( ∗ R ∗ A, ∗ R ∗ A) of the reference time-series, resulting in an indication of similarity or non-similarity, in case of similarity, controlling the technical equipment during the continuation of the production batch-run (210-B), by using the parameter (660-1, 660-2) as control parameter; characterized in that the step accessing a reference time-series ( ∗ R ∗) is executed for a plurality of previously performed batch-runs of the production process, and wherein the step comparing is executed by counting the occurrence of pre-defined changes between consecutive data values of uni-variate time-series that belong to the multi-variate time-series, storing counters into matrices, and determining a similarity metric between the matrices. accessing a reference time-series ( ∗ R ∗, ∗ R ∗, ∗ R ∗) with data from a previously performed batch-run of the production process, wherein the reference time-series ( ∗ R ∗, ∗ R ∗, ∗ R ∗) is related to a parameter (660-1, 660-2) for the technical equipment; while the technical equipment performs the production batch-run: receiving a production time-series ( ∗ P ∗) with data, identifying a sub-series ( ∗ R ∗ A, ∗ R ∗ A) of the reference time-series ( ∗ R ∗, ∗ R ∗, ∗ R ∗), comparing the received time-series ( ∗ P ∗) and the sub-series ( ∗ R ∗ A, ∗ R ∗ A) of the reference time-series, resulting in an indication of similarity or non-similarity, in case of similarity, controlling the technical equipment during the continuation of the production batch-run (210-B), by using the parameter (660-1, 660-2) as control parameter; receiving a production time-series ( ∗ P ∗) with data, identifying a sub-series ( ∗ R ∗ A, ∗ R ∗ A) of the reference time-series ( ∗ R ∗, ∗ R ∗, ∗ R ∗), comparing the received time-series ( ∗ P ∗) and the sub-series ( ∗ R ∗ A, ∗ R ∗ A) of the reference time-series, resulting in an indication of similarity or non-similarity, in case of similarity, controlling the technical equipment during the continuation of the production batch-run (210-B), by using the parameter (660-1, 660-2) as control parameter; characterized in that the step accessing a reference time-series ( ∗ R ∗) is executed for a plurality of previously performed batch-runs of the production process, and wherein the step comparing is executed by counting the occurrence of pre-defined changes between consecutive data values of uni-variate time-series that belong to the multi-variate time-series, storing counters into matrices, and determining a similarity metric between the matrices.