Optimal Quality Limits for On-line Measurements, 2011 PaperCon Conference

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Paper mills make use of hundreds of on-line measurements to monitor and control the process. These measurements are key to rational decision making. Operators possess vast amount of process knowledge, partly tacit knowledge – this is huge partly unexploited resource. This paper tackles the problem of optimal quality limits for on-line measurement and introduces traffic light application as a combination of process (tacit) knowledge, measurement knowledge and data analysis.