Abstract: Systems and methods for improved management of artifact information of at least one first artifact document comprising a plurality of first fragments of artifact information and of at least one second artifact document comprising a plurality of second fragments of artifact information, especially comprising comparing and merging artifact information.

Abstract: A system for facilitating introducing artifact information may include a processor configured to: cause a first sequence of artifact information of a first artifact document and a second sequence of artifact information of a second artifact document to be displayed in a GUI; receive a first input through an input device corresponding to a first selection of a first subsequence of the first sequence for introduction into the second sequence; determine an introduction action available for introducing artifact information derived from the selected first subsequence into the second sequence; cause the available introduction action to be displayed in an introduction box in the GUI; receive a second input through the input device corresponding to a second selection of an available introduction action; and create a first amended subsequence of artifact information in the second sequence by introducing the artifact information being derived from the selected first subsequence.

Abstract: A visual representation of a mechanical-electrical machine behavior model is presented that utilizes a non-linear time scale to best illustrate multiple details occurring in a relatively short time frame without affecting the amount of information contained in the complete model. In particular, time periods without user-relevant details are identified and minimized so as to allow for the display space to adequately represent the details associated with the actions of each machine. By “folding” these longer time periods to occupy relatively short lengths along the time axis, additional space along the time axis is then available to illustrate the details of each operation (i.e., by using a non-linear time scale).