Controlling and monitoring a process to produce a chemical, pharmaceutical or biotechnological product

A computer system operable to control and monitor a process to produce a chemical, pharmaceutical, or biotechnological product, the computer system comprising:

• a database, and a control system comprising at least one control device;
• the database being configured to:
• store sets of process parameters to control and monitor respective ones of a plurality of processes performed in order to produce products,
• wherein each of the stored sets of process parameters is associated with a successful trajectory of a respective one of the processes performed according to the respective set of process parameters,
• wherein each successful trajectory is a time based profile of measurements recorded during performance of the respective process;
• receive a set of characterizing process parameters that characterize the process,
• a processor associated with the database configured to:
• identify a first set of process parameters from the stored sets of process parameters,
• wherein the first set of process parameters has a specified degree of similarity to the set of characterizing process parameters;
• the control system being configured to:
• control and monitor the process using the first successful trajectory, and
• estimate a trajectory of the process based on the recorded measurements.