FERM – a decision support system for fermentation processes

For recombinant DNA product fermentations in the laboratory and pilot scale as well as for antibiotic fermentations at the industrial scale decision support program systems for personal computers were developed. It assists the operator to solve control and decision tasks. Applying this program the data and knowledge bases increase, which include measured and derived process data, parameters and comments of previous fermentation runs as well as algorithmic and declarative rules.