workflow - Modelling engineering processes for data harvesting and AI implementations -

let's know nothing ai (that's not true, know basics). practical experience on , on programming (i'm learning c# , wpf @ time being, , once again, i've never reached out of basics).

let's there specific engineering workflow model after gate models (stages), , step on gate 1 , retrieve data like

• amount of item x required
• amount of item y required
• timestamp of start of gate
• some strings (mainly comboboxes , specific inputs)

for second gate, similar, until reach last gate end of workflow.

i

• gather information , feed ai find pattern me on guessing state of following gates (inputs next gate, time-related milestones , on).
• program (python or c#) work people have different inputs on same stage, without them having modify/understand code

the thing is, wish learn , ai basic algorithms. have money books , need recommendations, because i'm not sure of whatever want has name already. need:

• general advice (is feasible? such ai exists? how data need? first steps? keywords?)
• books recommendations (about modelling workflows , processes , ai , data mining implementations, awesome if include programming)

hopefully specific enough.

thanks in advance :)