Patent Document ID: 5486998
Application ID: 08077244
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An automated control processing method comprising the steps of: conducting a process which is controlled as said process is performed; establishing, within a learning means, at least one learned relationship between data for at least a first process control parameter for controlling said process, and data for at least a first process influencing factor, said learning means receiving process training data output in said step of conducting; generating at least a first data cluster, said first data cluster generated from an output of said learning means, said first data cluster including first control data related to said first process control parameter and including first applicability data related to said first process influencing factor for determining when said control data is to be used in controlling said process; entering said first data cluster into a plurality of stored data clusters, each said data cluster having control data related to said first process control parameter and applicability data related to said first process influencing factor for determining when said control data is to be used in controlling said process; controlling said process using said first data cluster as an accessed data cluster obtained from said plurality of stored data clusters; post-filtering said plurality of stored data clusters to retain said first data cluster when used as said accessed data cluster and said process has acceptable performance.