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Artificial intelligence

aedifion uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) in several ways to improve the user experience and building operation of our customers and as part of the .analytics product. This allows human engineers to work faster and smarter with their data.

Data point classification

This AI application uses the statistical properties of a data stream to identify what kind of data source is producing it. In doing so, it tries to answer the following five questions:

  • Is the datapoint an analog or a digital signal?
  • Is it a physical measurement, or a virtual data point?
  • Is the value an input, or an output?
  • What exactly is the type of the data (e.g., temperature, pressure ...)?
  • What is the physical unit of the data (e.g., bar, Pascal ...)

As an answer to each question, a label is assigned to each data point. Each label can have a certain amount of values, with all possible choices explained in the Available Classes subsection. The AI assigns a probability to each possible class and then chooses the most probable class as the value for the label.The information is then used to help you.

  • Identify the data point you are looking for
  • Identify mislabeled data points
  • Find installation errors, e.g., swapped values for inflow and return temperatures
  • Convert values for further use, e.g., when summing up energy consumption from sources with different units

Available Classes

These are the labels that the AI tries to identify, and all possible values it can choose from.

domain
  1. analog
    The datapoint assumes arbitrary values
  2. binary
    The datapoint assumes only 0 and 1
  3. multi-state
    The datapoint assumes only a few discrete states (e.g. 0, 1, 2)
direction
  1. input
    The datapoint can serve as an input to a control algorithm
  2. output
    The datapoint can serve as an output of a control algorithm
type
  1. alarm
    The datapoint represents an alarm message
  2. co2
    The datapoint shows measurements from a CO2 sensor
  3. damper-position
    The datapoint represents the position of a damper
  4. electric-energy
    The datapoint shows the measurements for electric energy
  5. electric-power
    The datapoint shows the measurements of a power meter
  6. electric-power-factor
    This datapoint shows the electric power factor
  7. electric-voltage
    The datapoint shows the measurements of a voltage meter
  8. gaseous-pressure
    The datapoint shows the measurements of a gas pressure meter
  9. gaseous-volume-flow
    The datapoint shows the measurements of a gas volume flow meter
  10. indoor-air-temperature
    The datapoint shows the measurements of an indoor thermometer
  11. indoor-relative-humidity
    The datapoint shows the measurements of an indoor hygrometer
  12. liquid-temperature
    The datapoint shows the measurements of a thermometer in a liquid
  13. liquid-volume-flow
    The datapoint shows the measurements of a volume flow meter in a liquid
  14. modus
    The datapoint shows the operation mode of a component
  15. operating-message
    This datapoint shows if a component is running
  16. operating-time
    The datapoint shows the cumulative operating time of a component
  17. outdoor-air-temperature
    The datapoint shows the measurements of a thermometer in outdoor air
  18. outdoor-relative-humidity
    The datapoint shows the measurements of an outdoor hygrometer
  19. parameter
    This datapoint is a parameter set in the system
  20. pressure-difference
    The datapoint shows a difference between two pressures
  21. rotational-speed
    This datapoint shows the measurements for rotational speed
  22. switch-command
    This datapoint indicates if a component should be run
  23. temperature-difference
    The datapoint shows a difference between two temperatures
  24. thermal-energy
    This datapoint shows the thermal energy
  25. valve-position
    This datapoint shows the position of a valve
  26. ventilation-temperature
    The datapoint shows a temperature in a ventilation system
  27. voc
    This datapoint shows the volatile organic compounds (VOC)
units
  1. cubic-meters-per-hour
    The datapoints observations are measured in cubic meters per hour
  2. degrees-celsius
    The datapoints observations are measured in degrees celsius
  3. generic
    The datapoints observations have no unit
  4. hours
    The datapoints observations are measured in hours
  5. kelvin
    The datapoints observations are measured in Kelvin
  6. kilowatt-hours
    The datapoints observations are measured in kilowatt hours
  7. liters-per-minute
    The datapoints observations are measured in liters per minute
  8. parts-per-million
    The datapoints observations are measured in parts per million
  9. pascals
    The datapoints observations are measured in pascals
  10. percent
    The datapoints observations are measured in percent
  11. revolutions-per-minute
    The datapoints observations are measured in revolutions per minute
  12. seconds
    The datapoints observations are measured in seconds
  13. volts
    The datapoints observations are measured in volts
  14. watts
    The datapoints observations are measured in watts