CPC G05B 23/0235 (2013.01) [G01R 31/2837 (2013.01); G05B 23/0291 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
1. A method for monitoring the vitality of one or more participant devices of a distributed technical system, wherein each of the participant devices has one or more electronic components, the method comprising:
continuously detecting a plurality of physical environmental and/or operating parameters in each of the participant devices and/or in each of the electronic components of the participant devices;
storing for retrieval the plurality of physical environmental and/or operating parameters in a vitality data storage device; and
in a monitoring process performed by a monitoring device or by each of the participant devices:
calculating for each of the electronic components, on the basis of the plurality of physical environmental and/or operating parameters, one or more statistical characteristics that form vitality parameters and that represent at least one of safety, reliability, or the availability of the electronic component; and
in response to reaching or exceeding a predefined or predefinable threshold value of at least one of the statistical characteristics, initiating exception processing comprising: restricting operating conditions of or shutting down the participant device for which the threshold value was reached or exceeded; or restricting operating conditions of or shutting down all participant devices of the distributed technical system,
wherein the method for monitoring further comprises:
allocating system resources within the distributed technical system dynamically among the participant devices based on the calculated vitality parameters during operation of the distributed technical system,
classifying the physical environmental and/or operating parameters of each participant device into classes of comparable or same load profiles,
creating application-specific load profiles based on the comparable or same load-profiles for each of the participant devices, and
initiating measures to restrict or shutdown at least one of the participant devices based on the application-specific load profiles assigned to each of the participant devices,
wherein the allocation of the system resources is made to the participant device which is rated most vital on the basis of the vitality parameters.
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