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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2018
Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Philip H. Warrick, Oakton, VA (US);
Anantha Sundaram, Annandale, NJ (US);
Victor P. DePaola, Vienna, VA (US);
Jayanth Balasubramanian, Fairfax, VA (US);
Stephen R. Bradshaw, Southampton, GB;
Gary Robert Kocis, Vienna, VA (US);
Joseph W. Evans, McLean, VA (US);
Nicholas J. Booker, Falls Church, VA (US);
George E. Friedrich, Kingwood, TX (US);
Eric A. Winkler, Oakton, VA (US);
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
A decision support tool to assist decision-making in the operation of a facility. The decision support tool allows a user to perform operational programming of the facility so that the analysis of specific operational events is flexible and 'on-demand.' This is achieved by allowing the user to set scope and timeframe of the analysis according to business needs. As a result, the organization can make better-informed judgments whether to add operational activities and how to adjust the ones already formulated in the program. The decision support tool can also allow for the application of strategies to communicate intent behind the programming instructions and to improve the quality of business decisions.