process excursion

IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/ProcessExcursion

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/BiopharmaDeviationManagement/

SubClass Of: event

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing β€Ί bfo:entity β€Ί bfo:occurrent β€Ί event β€Ί process excursion

Definition

event in which the value of a variable monitored during a planned process is beyond a predefined limit or outside a predefined range during that process

Explanatory Notes

A process excursion may or may not constitute a deviation event. Whether a process excursion constitutes a deviation event depends on the applicable plan, specification, limit, range, procedure, or other requirement.

Examples

  • temperature excursion during a cell culture process when the monitored temperature exceeds the action limit; pH excursion during buffer preparation when the measured pH is outside the approved range; dissolved oxygen excursion during bioreactor operation when the monitored value falls below the control limit; conductivity excursion during chromatography when the monitored conductivity is outside the specified range

Adapted From

  • https://www.biopharminternational.com/view/monitoring-biopharmaceutical-processes-present-and-future-approaches and https://insideautomation.net/workflow-for-biopharmaceutical-excursions/ and https://database.ich.org/sites/default/files/Q8_Q9_Q10_Q%26As_R4_Points_to_Consider_0.pdf

Primitive Class

This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.

Primitive Rationale

There are insufficient constructs to create a set of necessary and sufficient conditions.

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Axioms

ProcessExcursion(x) β†’ Event(x) ∧ βˆƒp (occurrentPartOf(x, p) ∧ PlannedProcess(p) ∧ βˆƒm (hasOccurrentPart(p, m) ∧ MonitoringProcess(m)))

Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms

if x is a β€˜process excursion’ then x is an β€˜event’ and x is an β€˜occurrent part of’ some β€˜planned process’ that β€˜has occurrent part’ some β€˜monitoring process’

Description Logic

constr:ProcessExcursion βŠ‘ constr:Event

constr:ProcessExcursion βŠ‘ βˆƒ bfo:occurrent_part_of .(constr:PlannedProcess βŠ“ βˆƒ bfo:has_occurrent_part .constr:MonitoringProcess)

SubClassOf: constr:Event

SubClassOf: bfo:occurrent_part_of some (constr:PlannedProcess and bfo:has_occurrent_part some constr:MonitoringProcess)


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