Models

Architectural and conceptual models for designing explainable, auditable and scalable industrial systems.

The Models section introduces ways of thinking that can be applied to real systems.

These are not implementation patterns or product architectures. They are mental models that help structure complexity.

Topics include:

  • how GMP scales with proximity to the physical process
  • why decisions must be treated as first-class architectural elements
  • why context alignment is the hardest problem in Industrial AI
  • what operational twins really are — and what they are not

These models help bridge IT, OT, data engineering, compliance, and AI into a single, coherent architectural view.

Articles in this category

Decision-centric architecture

Why modern systems must treat decisions as first-class architectural elements instead of implicit side effects of data processing.

7 min read