Systems and methods for application re-use by type pattern matching

A computer-implemented method for developing a first computer application by reusing program code from a second computer application, comprising:

• monitoring queries from a plurality of computer applications on data for an industrial asset in an information model database;
• storing results of the queries as raw access data;
• extracting patterns from the raw access data to describe the industrial asset and an operating characteristic of the industrial asset;
• storing the patterns in a pattern database;
• determining that the second computer-application describes the industrial asset and operating characteristics of the industrial asset based on a shared pattern between the first computer application and the second computer application;
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• ranking the second computer application against other applications accessing the shared pattern based on the degree of overlap of the shared pattern between the first computer application and the second computer application, wherein the ranking is based at least in part on a set of matched properties describing the industrial asset and a frequency of utilization of the raw access data by the second computer application.

A system for re-using computer code from at least one existing application in a new application, comprising:

• a cloud gateway for receiving data from a plurality of industrial assets;
• a time event processor for handling time series data of the plurality of industrial assets;
• a time series data storage for storing time series data handled by the time event processor;
• an information model database for storing metadata describing the plurality of industrial assets;
• a plurality of applications for querying the information model database for metadata describing at least one industrial asset resulting in raw access data;
• an extractor for extracting patterns from the raw access data to generate patterns therefrom;
• a pattern database for storing the patterns of raw access data generated by the plurality of applications accessing the information model database metadata;
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• an analysis engine for ranking patterns based on overlap of the plurality of applications accessing the same patterns as the new application, wherein the ranking is based at least in part on a set of matched properties describing the at least one industrial asset and a frequency of utilization of the raw access data by the plurality of applications.