AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF DEVICES OF A SEPARATION AND DETECTION PROCESS FOR QUANTITATIVE SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

摘要

A control system (1) for automatically controlling a plurality of devices (2) of a separation and detection process for quantitative sample analysis, comprises a data storage (11), a device modelling unit (12), a sample modelling unit (13), a sequence generating unit (14) and an interface unit (16). Thereby, the data storage (11) is arranged to hold characteristic data of each of the devices (2) and the device modelling unit (12) is arranged to model the devices (2) using the characteristic data of the devices (2) held in the data storage (11). The data storage (11) is arranged to hold data of source samples (3) and the sample modelling unit (13) is arranged to generate a plurality of analytical samples to be analysed in the separation and detection process for quantitative sample analysis using the data of source samples (3) held in the data storage (11). The sequence generating unit (14) is arranged to define an analytical sample sequence of the analytical samples within the separation and detection process for quantitative sample analysis taking into account utilization of the devices (2). Further, the interface unit (16) is arranged to operate the devices (2) of the separation and detection process for quantitative sample analysis in accordance with the analytical sample sequence defined by the sequence generating unit (14). By taking into account utilization of the devices (2) for generating the analytical sample sequence said utilization and also the separation and detection process for quantitative sample analysis can be optimized. It particularly allows for coordinating and synchronizing the devices (2) such that an efficient separation and detection process for quantitative sample analysis results.