SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-DOMAIN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS ACROSS APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRIAL CONTROL AND AUTOMATION SYSTEM

摘要

A method includes parsing configuration data of multiple applications associated with an industrial process control and automation system. The method also includes generating first models associated with the applications based on the parsed configuration data. The method further includes identifying relationships between the first models to thereby identify relationships between information associated with the applications. In addition, the method includes generating a second model based on the identified relationships, where the second model identifies the relationships between the information associated with the applications. Parsing the configuration data could include identifying input and output variables associated with each application. The first models could include input-output models mapping the input variables versus the output variables of the applications. Generating the second model could include generating a tree or graph model that represents the relationships between the applications, where the relationships between the applications are based on variables common among multiple input-output models.