\input zb-basic \input zb-ioport \iteman{io-port 05468443} \itemau{Palshikar, Girish Keshav; Khemani, Deepak} \itemti{Diagnosing dynamic systems using trace patterns.} \itemso{Pattern Recognit. Lett. 20, No. 7, 741-753 (1999).} \itemab Summary: Process control systems usually generate a system activity log or trace. Normal behavior results in normal patterns in the trace. We model the normal trace patterns using a context free grammar and develop a technique for automatic qualitative diagnosis, based on grammar perturbation, to recognize deviations from the normal trace patterns. \itemrv{~} \itemcc{I.5.0} \itemut{diagnosis; context-free grammar; dynamic systems} \itemli{doi:10.1016/S0167-8655(99)00038-0} \end