Abstract: A method includes receiving information associated with operation of multiple pieces of industrial equipment at multiple sites. The multiple pieces of industrial equipment are of a same or similar type, and the information represents different types of data including operational data associated with the multiple pieces of industrial equipment and text-based data associated with the multiple pieces of industrial equipment. The method also includes analyzing the information to identify correlations in the information associated with one or more conditions involving the pieces of industrial equipment. The method further includes, based on the analyzing, generating one or more monitoring rules or routines to be used to identify the one or more conditions. The multiple pieces of industrial equipment could include machines with rotating components, machines with heat transfer equipment, or general process equipment.

Abstract: For automated text processing, the inventors devised, among other things, an exemplary system that includes an entity tagger, an entity resolver, a text segment classifier, and a relationship extractor. The entity tagger receives an input text segment, and tags named entities with the segment as being a person, company, or place. The entity resolver accesses authority files, and associates the persons and companies named in the text segment with specific entries in the files. The text segment classifier determines whether the text segment includes a relationship event, such as job-change event or merger and acquisition event, and if an event is detected, the relationship extractor determines the event role of entities named in the segment. For example, the extractor determines for a merger and acquisition event, which named company was the acquirer and which was acquired.