Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied bythe inventors: “Monitoring operations of an oil refinery or sim ilar chemical plant is often important tounderstand various aspects associated with operation of the plant. In several contexts, for example, oneor more entit ies may desire to monitor operations of a plant to determine how the plant is pe rforming,the effects of the operations of the processing plant (e.g., environme ntal impacts), and/or other aspectsof the plant. Different entities may desire to view, analyze, and/or interact with different data portions,data-derived val ues, and/or impacts from the operation of the plant. Similarly, different entiti es maydesire to view, analyze, and/or interact with the same data portions, dat a-derived values, and/or impactsprovided in different representations (e.g., di fferent units of measurement) to easily enable interacting withsuch data. Diffe rent reporting protocols may be utilized to capture such differences between ent ities andotherwise.
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