Capturing Connectivity and Causality in Complex Industrial Processes
This brief reviews concepts of inter-relationship in modern industrial processes, biological and social systems. Specifically ideas of connectivity and causality within and between elements of a complex system are treated; these ideas are of great importa
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Fan Yang Ping Duan Sirish L. Shah Tongwen Chen
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Capturing Connectivity and Causality in Complex Industrial Processes
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Fan Yang Tsinghua Laboratory for Information Science and Technology Department of Automation Tsinghua University Beijing China
Sirish L. Shah Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering University of Alberta Edmonton, AB Canada
Ping Duan Tongwen Chen Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Alberta Edmonton, AB Canada
ISSN 2191-530X ISSN 2191-5318 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-05379-0 ISBN 978-3-319-05380-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-05380-6 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014934663 The Author(s) 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Preface
Large-scale complex systems, such as modern industrial processes, biological systems, and social networks, are interconnected by different units or elements; the system behavior is determined by the inter-relationship between every pair of the elemen
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