Fault detection and classification based on calculating distances between data points

[0019]Illustrative embodiments of the invention are described below. In the interest of clarity, not all features of an actual implementation are described in this specification. It will of course be appreciated that in the development of any such actual embodiment, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developers' specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints, which will vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it will be appreciated that such a development effort might be complex and time-consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking for those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure.

[0020]Turning now to the drawings, and specifically referring to FIG. 1, a block diagram of a system 100 is illustrated, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. The system 100 in the illustrated embodiment is capable of performing an industrial process, such as a