MVBatch

A novel graphical user-friendly interface for process understanding, optimization and process monitoring has been developed as a freely available MATLAB toolbox. The main contribution of this software package is the integration of the recent developments in Batch Multivariate Statistical Process Control that over- come problems such as the different sampling policy among variables and batches, complex asynchronisms and time-varying correlation structures. Apart from providing the algorithms in MATLAB format for its manipulation in the light of future research by the scientific community, an interface that guides users to handle batch data through the main modeling steps (data alignment, preprocessing, transformation of the three-way array into a two-way array, and calibration) is provided. In addition, a simulator of the fermentation process of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cultivation is available to generate realistic batch data under normal and abnormal operating conditions.