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Data fusion strategies to combine sensor and multivariate model outputs for multivariate statistical process control

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Process analytical technologies (PAT) applied to process monitoring and control generally provide multiple outputs that can come from different sensors or from different model outputs generated from a single multivariate sensor. This paper provides a contribution to current data fusion strategies for the combination of sensor and/or model outputs in the development of multivariate statistical process control (MSPC) models. Data fusion is explored through three real process examples combining output from multivariate models coming from the same sensor uniquely (in the near-infrared (NIR)-based end point detection of a two-stage polyester production process) or the combination of these outputs with other process variable sensors (using NIR-based model outputs and temperature values in the end point detection of a fluidized bed drying process and in the on-line control of a distillation process). The three examples studied show clearly the flexibility in the choice of model outputs (e.g. key properties prediction by multivariate calibration, process profiles issued from a multivariate resolution method) and the benefit of using MSPC models based on fused information including model outputs towards those based on raw single sensor outputs for both process control and diagnostic and interpretation of abnormal process situations. The data fusion strategy proposed is of general applicability for any analytical or bioanalytical process that produces several sensor and/or model outputs.

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This study received funding from the European Community’s Framework program for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) under grant agreement number 637232, related to the ProPAT project. This study also received funding from the Spanish government under the project CTQ2015-66254-C2-2-P.

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  1. Chemometrics Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    Rodrigo R. de Oliveira & Anna de Juan

  2. School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

    Claudio Avila, Richard Bourne & Frans Muller

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de Oliveira, R.R., Avila, C., Bourne, R. et al. Data fusion strategies to combine sensor and multivariate model outputs for multivariate statistical process control. Anal Bioanal Chem 412, 2151–2163 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-020-02404-2

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