Pharos Navigator digital services realize innovative, powerful information technology platform for developing and running models of complex cyber-physical systems for its monitoring, management, analysis, benchmarking and simulation in near real time. It supports applications in various industries and areas of human activities where there is a need to know current status of a complex system, objects, on-going processes and to have sufficient data for in-depth analysis and simulation of optional scenarios.

The platform provides fascinating opportunities to facilitate education and learning, research and development, in knowledge intensive organizations such as universities, vocational training schools, productivity centers and professional schools. It allows professors, teachers and students simulating variety of complex objects and processes which take place in real world, analyzing its key properties, indicators and metrics, optional data sources, dealing with complexity of target objects and processes by it structuring, learning how to implement its management using key controls, evaluate behavior, risks and options depending of changing assumptions.

The applications may include monitoring and analyzing internal educational objects and processes as well such as University Monitor, Course Learning Monitor, etc. Such applications are easily adapted to changes in content and requirements.

Pharos Navigator assists stakeholders in managing the educational processes in their daily operational practices, make decisions, improve the efficiency, quality as well as foster student learning of smart everything which are increasingly important in the new world of accelerating change and instability. The platform underlying methodology, algorithms, technical implementation and customizable functionality have its roots in system analysis and modeling, metrology and quality. It effectively supports compliance to requirements of major national and international standards and in particular to recommendations described in sections related to process measurements, data collection procedures and presentation of information regarding the states of monitored processes and objects. The list of such standards includes ISO 9000, 9001, 14000, 15504, 17025, OHSAS 18000, 19011, 26000, 31000, 37120, 50001 and others.

Modelling concepts

Models the complex systems may be developed, simulated and its behavior analyzed in any detail using high level abstract model properties such as

• Hierarchical structure of sub objects  
• Set of indicators (metrics) for each object
• Acceptable variations of indicator values
• Rules defining object states
• Data sources which can be represented by measurements of real life processes or simulated by using discrete random generators

These common high level concepts allow easy implementation of models by students and professors without computer programming or in-depth knowledge of information technology. The running models can be modified and updated any time accordingly to changing requirements, learning programmes and innovations.

Developing and presenting of own customized examples of applications in different disciplines, focusing to particular industries for learning, knowledge development and illustration purposes are limited mainly by a condition of Presence of Change. The platform aim is supporting simulation of complex system behavior in time where there are periodic measurements of such system or raw data, i.e. the system or objects shall have internal dynamics of change.  

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